Andy Burnham faces calls to bring in mandatory driving rules as summer unveils major safety risks

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The Prime Minister has been urged to introduce mandatory alcohol interlocks for high-risk and repeat drink-drivers, after fresh analysis found the summer season to be when drink-drive collisions peak across the UK.It comes after the RAC examined the Department for Transport data spanning 2014 to 2024 and found that August consistently recorded more drink-drive casualties and crashes than any other month, challenging the widespread assumption that December poses the greatest danger.The call for so-called "alcolocks," which prevent a vehicle from starting unless the driver passes a breath test, follows the summer weather increasing both the temptation and the risk of driving after consuming alcohol.

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Over the 11-year period, August averaged 721 drink-drive casualties resulting from 485 collisions annually, with July close behind at 704 casualties from 474 crashes.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say December, by contrast, averaged 663 casualties from 459 collisions, making it substantially...

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