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What is the estimated annual social cost of alcohol-related road deaths and serious injuries in New Zealand, and what proportion of these involve drivers with a recorded breath alcohol level between 400 and 800 micrograms per litre?

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Tangi Utikere

Member for Palmerston North · Labour Party

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  • What is the estimated annual social cost of alcohol-related road deaths and serious injuries in New Zealand, and what proportion of these involve drivers with a recorded breath alcohol level between 400 and 800 micrograms per litre?

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Hon Chris Bishop

Member for Hutt South · National Party · Minister of Transport

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NZTA advises that the estimated annual social cost of alcohol-related road deaths and serious injuries in New Zealand is approximately $1.835 billion (2024), of which around 2.9% involves drivers with a recorded breath alcohol level between 400 and 800 micrograms per litre.