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DRUG-driving and speeding offences hit record highs last year, according to worrying new official figures.
AA analysis of Crown and Magistrates Court data for 2021 showed that as the country came out of Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions, the number of drug-driving cases increased by 54 per cent to 21,411, while speeding cases rose by 24 per cent to 208,496.
In addition, three other offences reached record highs; there were 793 cases of causing serious injury through dangerous driving, 7,605 cases of dangerous driving and 96,801 cases of drivers failing to supply information when required.
The data also showed that, while 32,500 drivers were taken to court for drink-driving, only 6,169 appeared in the dock for mobile phone use behind the wheel.
One key statistic uncovered was that,…
