Drug Driving Statistics UK: Latest Data & Limits (2026)
Online CPD Academy
https://onlinecpdacademy.co.uk/blog/drug-driving-statistics-uk
Reviewed 15 October 2026

DfT estimates 120 fatalities in Great Britain in 2024 in collisions where at least one deceased driver was over an illegal-drug limit. This measure fell by 24% from 2023. A separate police analysis recorded an affected-by-drugs factor in 12% of the fatal collisions in its 2025 dataset.

STATISTICS

Estimated fatalities in collisions with a deceased driver over an illegal-drug limit: 120
2024 | Great Britain
Excludes collisions without a qualifying deceased driver; not all drug-driving fatalities.

Annual change in that fatality subset: −24%
2023 to 2024 | Great Britain

Deceased drivers with drugs detected: 17%
2024 | Great Britain
Share of all deceased drivers; detection does not establish impairment.

Drugs detected among deceased drivers with toxicology reports: 24%
2024 | Great Britain

Fatal collisions assigned an affected-by-drugs factor: 12%
2025 | Great Britain
Officer judgement; analysed RSF subset, not all reported fatal collisions.

COVERAGE
Great Britain. The 2024 toxicology figures concern deceased drivers; the 2025 police-factor figures cover the analysed road safety factor subset. These measures have different coverage.

USING THESE STATISTICS
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SOURCES
1. DfT — Drugs in reported road fatalities, data to 2024
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/developing-drug-driving-statistics/developing-drug-driving-statistics-initial-feasibility-study

2. DfT — 2025 risk behaviours and circumstances
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/reported-road-casualties-great-britain-final-results-2025/rrcgb-2025-risk-behaviours-and-circumstances

3. GOV.UK — Drugs and driving: the law
https://www.gov.uk/drug-driving-law

4. HSE — Driving and riding safely for work
https://www.hse.gov.uk/roadsafety/employer/index.htm