Impaired driving in Canada, 2011 - ARCHIVED

This Juristat article presents data on police-reported impaired driving. It examines trends in impaired driving in Canada, the provinces and territories, and census metropolitan areas. Characteristics of impaired driving, such as age and sex of accused persons and time of the day and time of year when those incidents occur, are also examined. The analysis is also supported by self-reported data on impaired driving from the Canadian community health survey. This report also presents data on impaired driving cases completed by adult criminal courts as well as on admissions to sentenced custody for impaired driving.