NEVER EVER DRINK AND DRIVE
Welcome to the Drink Driving Ireland Website.
You can learn more about Drink Driving in Ireland by exploring this site:
- Drink Driving - Fast Facts
- Drink Driving - The Myths and the Facts
- How big a factor is alcohol in road crashes in Ireland and the EU?
- Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) and some facts on alcohol
- Public Attitudes, Current Limits, Penalties, Recommended Change and Proposed Penalties
- What's the situation in other EU countries?
On this site, you may download the RSA Document: 
Ireland - Drink Driving Facts (5mb PDF). This document requires Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.
Drink driving is a male problem.
Alcohol is estimated to be a contributory factor in 1 in 3 fatal collisions.
In 1 in 4 fatal crashes, the driver had consumed alcohol
Any alcohol impairs driving and increases the risk of collision.
At half the current limit, drivers are twice as likely to be involved in a collision. At the current limit (0.08g/dL) drivers are six times more likely to have a collision.
Alcohol is twice as potent when you are a tired driver.
Almost 1 in 5 drivers killed on our roads, where alcohol was present, were under the legal limit when they died.
92 lives were saved in the first 12 months following the introduction of Mandatory Alcohol Testing (MAT) on 21st July 2006.
About three out of every four drivers – an increasing majority – are in favour of the introduction of a lower drink driving limit and two thirds now support a zero limit for all drivers.
Continue reading: Drink Driving Facts
