https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/drug-driving

Drug-drivers face Christmas crackdown to tackle increase
https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/drug-driving

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Drug-drivers face Christmas crackdown to tackle increase

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bbc-data-unit/drug-driving
• Owner: BBC-Data-Unit
• Created: 2019-12-04T13:52:00.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2019-12-04T13:56:57.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-11-07T05:30:13.041Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: crime, drugdriving, drugs, transport
• Homepage: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-50404498
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• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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# Drug-drivers face Christmas crackdown to tackle increase

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/EA18/production/_109682995_testsgivenviz2-nc.png)

In November 2019 **Rob England** reported on a rise in drug-driving crashes across Great Britain as figures doubled in five years.

## Get the data

* [Drug driving - data pack](https://github.com/BBC-Data-Unit/drug-driving/blob/master/Drug%20driving%20-%20data%20pack.xlsx)

## Quotes and interviews

* Richard Whitehouse, whoe mother, Stella Osborn, died after a crash with a drug driver 

* Sgt Jon Butler, West Midlands Police

* Spokesman, road safety charity Brake

* Ch Insp Michael Hodder, Surrey and Sussex Road Policing Unit

* Chief Constable Anthony Bangham, NPCC

## Visualisation

![](https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/624/cpsprodpb/12E6/production/_109683840_totalaccidentsviz2-nc.png)

* Stacked column chart: Outcome of drug screening tests, 2016-2018

* Histogram: Crashes where police attended and drugs were a contributing factor, 2013-2018