Drink driving deaths doubled

From Morning Report, 8:50 am on 29 June 2023

The number of deaths resulting from drink driving has more than doubled in the last ten years.

A 111 people died because of a drunk driver last year, a big jump from 53 deaths in 2013.

Police targets to test three million drivers a year for alcohol haven't been met since 2014, and will be a million under target this year.

Dylan Thomsen from the Automobile Association spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.

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