Learner drivers will be quizzed on alcohol and driving in changes to the Driver Theory Test to be introduced from next month.

From 10 October, 17 questions in an alcohol and drugs module will be added with applicants answering two of these in every test.

The Road Safety Authority has said this is in direct response to its report in June that showed that alcohol was a factor in 38% of fatal collisions, claiming the lives of 286 people, between 2008 and 2012.