Women drink drivers on the increase

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The research shows a 58% increase in women of all ages from 6,793 in 1995 to 10,765 in 2004 - a rise of 3,972 - compared with a slight fall among men.

There has also been an increase of almost 50% in women aged under 30 from 2,636 to 3,863 over the period, an increase of 1,227 or 47%

This compared with 85,693 in 1995 for men of all ages and 37,226 for under 30s.

Those figures were 85,473 and 38,700 respectively in 2004, showing a drop of 220 or 0.25% among men of all ages and a rise of 1,474 or 4% for under 30s.

The figures apply to England and Wales.

Liberal Democrat transport spokesman Alistair Carmichael said: "Instead of focusing drink driving campaigns only on men, these figures show women also need to be targeted.

"Drinking and driving must remain socially unacceptable. Despite all the hype surrounding Paris Hilton's case, it is vital that we do not forget that drink driving causes hundreds of deaths each year."

Between the 1996-98 average and 2005, provisional estimates suggest a 6% increase in the number of people killed in reported drink-drive accidents, Liberal Democrats said.

Over the same period, the estimated number killed in non-drink-drive accidents fell by 12%.