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Swiss Statistics

Road traffic delinquency - Data, IndicatorsKey figures

    
Road traffic policing (key figures in English)June 2007
Percentage of drivers check on alcohol among all stopped drivers 39%
Percentage of drivers with an alcohol level of 0,5‰ and more 9%
    
Convictions (data in French and German) 2010
Convictions for traffic law offences 56'238
of which severe offences (art. 90 fig. 2 Traffic law)1 25'602
of which drunk driving (art. 91-91a Traffic law) 17'072
    
Reconviction rate2 (same type of offence) Data in French and German)2001-2006
for persons convicted on grounds of traffic law offence 22%
for persons convicted on grounds of severe traffic law offence1 10%
for persons convicted on grounds of drunk driving 15%
    
Self-reported behaviour and attitudes (Data in French and German) 2008
Drivers who admit having driven a car with an alcohol level of 0,5‰ or more 22%
Drivers who admit having driven a car over speed limits 88%

1) Severe offences according to traffic law means generally high speeding.
2) Only persons with Swiss nationality. Number of re-convictions in a period of 5 years.

Source: SFO - several statistics
Last updated: 06.01.2012
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