TABLE A5: DRINKING AND DRIVING LAWS, ENFORCEMENT AND ROAD TRAFFIC DEATHS

ATTRIBUTED TO ALCOHOL BY COUNTRY / AREA

National maximum legal BAC levels (g/dl) % road traffic

National drink Based on BAC / Random breath Testing carried out in case of National drug Alcohol
driving law Professional / Enforcement deaths involving
Country / Area BrAC testing carried out fatal crash driving law prohibited
General population Young / novice commercial alcohol
drivers
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Afghanistan Yesa No — — — Yes All drivers tested 6 – Yes Yesb

Albania Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 Yes Some drivers tested 6 5.2 Yes No

Angola Yes Yes ≤ 0.06 ≤ 0.06 ≤ 0.06 Yes Some drivers tested 5 – Yes No

Antigua and Barbuda Yesa No — — — No Some drivers tested 4 0.9 Yes No

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Argentina Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 0.00 Yes — 6 17 Yes No

Armenia Yes Yes ≤0.04 ≤0.04 ≤0.04 Yesd All drivers tested 6 1.9 Yes No

Australia Yes Yes < 0.05 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 8 17 Yes No

Austria Yes Yes <0.05 <0.01 <0.01 Yes All drivers tested — 5.1 Yes No

Azerbaijan Yese No — — — Yes All drivers tested 9 15 Yes No

Bangladesh Yesa No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 2 – Yes Yesb

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Barbados Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 Yes All drivers tested 2 – Yes No

Belarus Yes Yes <0.03 <0.03 <0.03 Yesd All drivers tested 8 14.3 (Drivers) Yes No

Belgium Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.02 Yes Some drivers tested 6 – Yes No

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Belize Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes All drivers tested 4 – Yes No

Benin Yesa No — — — Yes No 1 – No No

Bhutan Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 6 – Yes No

Bolivia (Plurinational
State of) Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 Yesd All drivers tested 4 6.4 Yes No

Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes Yes ≤0.03 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 6 20.8 Yes No

Botswana Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.025 Yes Some drivers tested 6 3.8 Yes No

Brazil Yes Yes 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 6 – Yes No

Bulgaria Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 Yes All drivers tested 5 0.9 Yes No

Burkina Faso Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.02 ≤0.02 Yes No — – Yes No

Burundi Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yesd No 1 – No No

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Cabo Verde Yes Yes <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 Yes No 5 – No No

Cambodia Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Yes No 5 13 Yes No

Cameroon Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes No 2 – No No

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Canada Yes Yes 0.04 - 0.08* 0.00 - 0.08 0.04 - 0.08 Yes All drivers tested 8 29.6 Yes No

Central African Republic Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 No No — – No No

Chad Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 No No 1 – No No

Chile Yes Yes ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 Yes All drivers tested 6 13 Yes No

China Yes Yes <0.02 <0.02 <0.02 Yesd All drivers tested 9 0.4 Yes No

Colombia Yes Yes <0.02 <0.02 <0.02 Yes All drivers tested 5 – Yes No

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Comoros Yes No — — — No No 2 – Yes No

Congo Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes No 2 – No No

Cook Islands Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes All drivers tested 6 39 Yes No

Costa Rica Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.02 Yes All drivers tested 4 31.2 Yes No

Côte d’Ivoire Yes Yes <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 Yes No 3 – No No

Croatia Yes Yes ≤0.05 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 8 23.8 Yes No

Cuba Yes Yes ≤0.01 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 7 33.3 Yes No

Cyprus Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.02 ≤0.02 Yes All drivers tested 7 17.4 Yes No

Czechia Yes Yes ≤0.03 ≤0.03 ≤0.03 Yes All drivers tested 7 9.5 Yes No

Democratic Republic of
the Congo Yes Yes <0.10 <0.10 <0.10 Yesd No 2 – No No

Denmark Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 Yes Some drivers tested — – Yes No

Dominica Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 No No 1 – Yes No

Dominican Republic Yes Yes ≤0.05 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 3 – Yes No

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Ecuador Yes Yes ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.01 Yes All drivers tested 7 6.8 Yes No
Egypt Yesa No — — — No Some drivers tested 8 – Yes No

El Salvador Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Yes Some drivers tested 7 – Yes No

Equatorial Guinea Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 No — — – No No

Eritrea Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.03 Yesd No 7 – Yes No

Estonia Yes Yes <0.02 <0.02 <0.02 Yes All drivers tested 8 10 Yes No

Eswatini Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.02 Yesd No 9 – Yes No

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Ethiopia Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 Yes All drivers tested 2 4.3 Yes No

Fiji Yes Yes ≤0.08 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 6 5 Yes No

Finland Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Yes All drivers tested 9 24 Yes No

France Yes Yes <0.05 <0.02 <0.05 ** Yes All drivers tested 7 29 Yes No

Gabon Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes No 1 – No No

Gambia Yesa No — — — No No 1 2.1 Yes No

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Georgia Yes Yes ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 Yes All drivers tested 7 9 Yes No

Germany Yes Yes <0.05 0.00 <0.05 Yes Some drivers tested — 7 Yes No

Ghana Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 Yesf Some drivers tested 3 – Yes No

Greece Yes Yes < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 Yes All drivers tested 4 25.3 Yes No

Grenada Yesa No — — — No No 1 – Yes No

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Guatemala Yes No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 4 – Yes No

Guinea Yes Yes <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 No No 2 – No No

Guinea-Bissau Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 No Some drivers tested 1 – Yes Yesb

Guyana Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 Yesd No 7 17 Yes No

Honduras Yes Yes <0.07 <0.07 <0.07 Yesd All drivers tested 8 6.8 Yes No

Hungary Yesh Yes 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yesd All drivers tested 5 7.1 Yes No

Iceland Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Yes All drivers tested 7 14 Yes No

India Yes Yes ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 Yesd Some drivers tested 4 4.1 Yes No

Indonesia Yesa No — — — Yes All drivers tested 9 – Yes No

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Iran (Islamic Republic of) Yes No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 7 1.7 Yes Yesb

Iraq Yesa No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 2 – Yes Yesb

Ireland Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.02 Yes All drivers tested 10 38.5 Yes No

Israel Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.01 ≤ 0.01 Yes All drivers tested 7 3.6 Yes No

Italy Yes Yes ≤0.05 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 7 20 - 25 Yes No

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Jamaica Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 Yes Some drivers tested 2 – Yes No

Japan Yes Yes <0.03 <0.03 <0.03 Yes Some drivers tested 9 5.6 Yes No

Jordan Yes Yes <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 Yesi Some drivers tested 3 – Yes No

Kazakhstan Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 No All drivers tested 7 0.3 Yes Yesb

Kenya Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yesf No 5 – Yes No

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Kiribati Yes Yes ≤0.05 0.00 0.00 Yes No 4 – Yes No

Kuwait Yesa No — — — No No 5 – Yes Yesb

Kyrgyzstan Yesa No — — — Yes All drivers tested 5 – Yes No

Lao People’s Democratic k

Republic Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 0.00 Yes No 3 – No No

Latvia Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.02 Yesd All drivers tested 7 10.8 Yes No

Lebanon Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 3 – Yes No

Lesotho Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes No 2 60 Yes No

Liberia Yes Yes <0.15 *** <0.15 *** <0.15 *** No All drivers tested 0 – Yes No

Libya Yesa No — — — No Some drivers tested 7 1.2 Yes Yesb

Lithuania Yes Yes ≤0.04 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 8 9.6 Yes No

Luxembourg Yes Yes < 0.05 < 0.02 < 0.02 Yes All drivers tested 6 14 Yes No

Madagascar Yes Yes <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 Yes Some drivers tested 2 – Yes No

Malawi Yes Yes <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 Yes No 4 – Yes No

Malaysia Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes All drivers tested 4 0.1 No No
Maldives Nob No — — — No No — – No Yesb

Mali Yes Yes <0.03 <0.03 <0.03 Yes No 3 0.4 Yes No

Malta Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.02l Yesd All drivers tested 4 – Yes No

Mauritania Yesa No — — — No No 8 – Yes Yesb

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Mauritius Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.05 Yes All drivers tested 7 23.6 Yes No

Mexico Yesm No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 7 19.5 Yes No

Micronesia (Federated n
States of) Yes No — — — No No 5 100 Yes No

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Mongolia Yes Yes <0.04 <0.04 <0.04 Yes All drivers tested 8 25 Yes No

Montenegro Yes Yes ≤0.03 0.00 ≤0.03 Yes All drivers tested 7 – Yes No

Morocco Yes Yes <0.02 <0.02 <0.02 Yes No 5 3.7 Yes Yesb

Mozambique Yes Yes <0.06 <0.06 <0.06 **** Yes Some drivers tested 6 – Yes No

Myanmar Yesa No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 6 21.4 Yes Yesb

Namibia Yes Yes ≤0.079 ≤0.079 ≤0.079 Yes Some drivers tested 4 3.9 Yes No

Nepal Yesa No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 8 – Yes No

Netherlands Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.05 Yes No 6 11 - 24 Yes No

New Zealand Yes Yes ≤0.05 0.00 ≤0.05 Yes Some drivers tested 7 27 Yes No

Niger Yesa No — — — No No 6 – Yes No

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Nigeria Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.002 ≤0.00 Yes No 4 0.5 Yes No

Norway Yes Yes ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.02 Yes Some drivers tested 10 13 Yes No

Oman Yesa No — — — Yes All drivers tested 10 0.7 Yes No

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Pakistan Yes No — — — No No 4 – Yes Yesb

Panama Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.05 Yes All drivers tested 5 – Yes No

Papua New Guinea Yess No — — — No No — 56 Yes No

Paraguay Yes Yes 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 6 – Yes No

Peru Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤ 0.025 Yes All drivers tested 2 9.3 Yes No

Philippines Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 0.00 Yesd Some drivers tested 4 – Yes No

Poland Yes Yes < 0.02 < 0.02 < 0.02 Yes All drivers tested 10 12.7 Yes No

Portugal Yes Yes < 0.05 < 0.02 < 0.02 Yes All drivers tested 7 29.2 Yes No

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Qatar Yes No — — — No All drivers tested 9 2.2 Yes Yesb

Republic of Korea Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Yesd Some drivers tested 7 11.2 Yes No

Republic of Moldova Yes Yes ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 ≤ 0.03 Yes All drivers tested 8 9.4 Yes No

Romania Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 ≤ 0.08 Yes All drivers tested 8 5.6 Yes No

Russian Federation Yes Yes ≤0.03o ≤0.03o ≤0.03o Yes All drivers tested 6 22.9 Yes No

Rwanda Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yesf Some drivers tested 9 – No No

Saint Lucia Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 No All drivers tested 0 – Yes No

Samoa Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes No 8 – Yes No

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San Marino Yes Yes < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 Yes All drivers tested 6 – Yes No

Sao Tome and Principe Yes Yes <0.12 <0.12 <0.12 No No 2 – Yes No

Saudi Arabia Yesa No — — — No Some drivers tested 9 – Yes Yesb

Senegal Yesa No — — — No No 3 – Yes No

Serbia Yes Yes ≤0.03 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 5 17 Yes No

Seychelles Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yesf No 6 – Yes No

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Singapore Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes All drivers tested 8 6.4 Yes No

Slovakia Yest Yes 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 8 6.1 Yes No

Slovenia Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 0.00 0.00 Yes All drivers tested 7 32 Yes No

Solomon Islands Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.05 Yes Some drivers tested 7 – Yes No

Somalia Yesa No — — — No No 1 – Yes Yesb

South Africa Yes Yes <0.05 <0.05 <0.02 Yes Some drivers tested 5 57.5 Yes No

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South Sudan Yes No — — — No No 0 – Yes No

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Spain Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤0.03 ≤0.03 Yes Some drivers tested 7 Females Yes No
Sri Lanka Yes Yes < 0.08 < 0.08 < 0.08 No Some drivers tested 9 – Yes No

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Sudan Yes No — — — Yes All drivers tested 7 0.3 Yes Yesb

Suriname Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.05 Yes Some drivers tested 5 – Yes No

Sweden Yes Yes < 0.02 < 0.02 < 0.02 Yes All drivers tested 6 24 Yes No

Switzerland Yes Yes < 0.05 < 0.01 < 0.01 Yes Some drivers tested 6 13 Yes No

Syrian Arab Republic Yesu No — — — Yes Some drivers tested 7 – No No

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Tajikistan Yes No — — — Yes All drivers tested 9 4.2 Yes No

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Thailand Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.02 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 6 14.1 Yes No

The former Yugoslav

Republic of Macedonia Yes Yes ≤0.05 < 0.01 ≤0.009 Yes All drivers tested 5 1.4 Yes No

Timor-Leste Yes Yes ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.05 ≤ 0.05 No Some drivers tested 4 – Yes No

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Togo Yes No — — — No No 0 – Yes No

Tonga Yes Yes <0.03o <0.03o <0.03o Yes No 5 77 No No

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Trinidad and Tobago Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 ≤0.08 Yes All drivers tested 6 – Yes No

Tunisia Yes Yes <0.03 0.00 0.00 No All drivers tested 3 1.6 Yes No

Turkey Yes Yes ≤0.05 ≤0.05 ≤0.02 Yes All drivers tested 9 3.3 Yes No

Turkmenistan Yes Yes < 0.05 < 0.05 < 0.05 Yes All drivers tested 10 – No No

Uganda Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 0.00 Yesf Some drivers tested 6 0.8 Yes No

Ukraine Yes Yes ≤ 0.02 ≤ 0.02 ≤0.02 No All drivers tested 5 6.7 Yes No

United Arab Emirates Yes Yes ≤ 0.01 ≤ 0.01 ≤ 0.01 No All drivers tested 10 1.8 Yes Yesb

United Kingdom Yes Yes ≤ 0.08 ***** ≤ 0.08 ***** ≤ 0.08 ***** Yesd All drivers tested 8 13 (GB), 23 (NI) Yes No

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Tanzania Yes Yes ≤0.08 ≤0.08 0.00 Yes No 6 1 Yes No

United States of America Yes Yes ≤0.08 0.00 - 0.08 ****** 0.00 - 0.08 Yes Some drivers tested — 29 Yes No

Uruguay Yes Yes 0.00 0.00 0.00 Yes Some drivers tested 9 – Yes No

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Uzbekistan Yes No — — — Yes — 10 3.6 Yes No

Vanuatu Yesa No — — — No No 0 67 Yes No

Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of) Yesa No — — — Yes All drivers tested 4 – Yes No

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Viet Nam Yes Yes 0.00 — 0.05 0.00 — 0.05 0.00 — 0.05 Yes Some drivers tested 8 – Yes No

West Bank and Gaza

Strip Yesa No — — — Yes No 5 – Yes No

Zimbabwe Yes Yes <0.08 <0.08 <0.08 No Some drivers tested 5 – Yes No