Numbers of Roadside Breath Tests Per Month in 2023

Publication Number: 1544

FOI Number: 20066

 

Information Request 

I would like to make the following request under the Freedom of Information Act. Could you please provide:

1. the number of roadside screening breath tests carried out by your Police Force in 2023, split by month.
2. the number of positive/refused tests, split by month

 

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.   

Second Duty – See below 

Fact – See below 

Exemption – Not applicable

Essex Police can report as follows: 

Caveat: The data is correct as at 18 April 2024

 

Numbers of Roadside Breath Tests Per Month by Result – 2023

FAIL
Month	Number
Jan	3
Feb	4
Mar	5
Apr	6
May	8
Jun	10
Jul	4
Aug	5
Sep	3
Oct	3
Nov	4
Dec	7
Total	62
PASS
Month	Number
Jan	87
Feb	76
Mar	90
Apr	58
May	90
Jun	100
Jul	86
Aug	83
Sep	92
Oct	78
Nov	82
Dec	82
Total	1004
Grand Total	1066

 

Numbers of Roadside Breath Tests Refused Per Month – 2023

REFUSAL
Month	Number
Jan
Feb
Mar	2
Apr	1
May
Jun	1
Jul
Aug	2
Sep	1
Oct
Nov	1
Dec
Total	8

 

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