Incidence of Drink Driving and Traffic Accidents among Drivers Aged 21 and Below in Past Three Years

Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Home Affairs in the past three years (a) what is the number of incidence of drivers aged 21 years and below who are (i) caught for drink driving and (ii) involved in traffic accidents as a proportion of the population of drivers aged 21 and below; and (b) how do these figures compare with the wider population of all drivers.

Mr K Shanmugam: The data is as follows:

Over the past three years, drivers aged 21 years and below constituted 1.35% of all drivers who were caught for drink-driving and 4% of all drivers who were involved in traffic accidents.