Estimates of casualties in collisions involving at least one driver or rider over the drink-drive limit in Great Britain for 2021 show that:

• between 240 and 280 people were killed in drink-drive collisions, with a central estimate of 260 fatalities
• the estimate of fatalities for 2021 is the highest since 2009 and represents a statistically significant increase from 2020
• the central estimate of the number of killed or seriously injured drink-drive casualties in 2021 is 1,880, an increase of 23% on 2020
• an estimated 6,740 people were killed or injured in drink-drive collisions, an increase of 4% from 2020

The number of reported drink-drive collisions and casualties involved in them are likely to have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in recent years, with increases in 2021 following reductions in the previous year.