Blood tests for drug driving June 2021-June 2024
Date of request: 19 March 2025
Reference: 393-25
Request
The number of blood tests sent to a lab for testing, taken from suspects of driving under the influence of drugs from June 2021 to June 2024.
How many of these tests took under one month to be returned with a result?
How many of these tests took between one to three months to be returned with a result?
How many of these tests took between three to six months to be returned with a result?
How many of these tests took over six months to be returned with a result?
How many of these tests were ‘lost’ or were never returned with a result?
Response
Please see the table below showing the number of blood tests sent for analysis in relation to suspects of drug driving in each year for the specified timeframe.
This has been broken down by the length of time taken for results to be returned.
| Result time | Date range | |||
| 1/6/21-31/5/22 | 1/6/22-31/5/23 | 1/6/23-31/5/24 | Total | |
| Under one month | 95 | 97 | 43 | 235 |
| One to three months | 361 | 431 | 140 | 932 |
| Three to Six months | 324 | 218 | 455 | 997 |
| Over six months | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No result returned | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 780 | 746 | 638 | 2164 |