Roadside drug tests

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/26/009750/D

Version Date: 17/04/2026

The Impairment Lead has provided the following information:

All of the information below relates to calendar year 2025.

How many roadside drug tests were undertaken by the force in the last 12 months, or last calendar year?   This would be Securetec and Drager devices, specifically for Section 5A potential offences.
Whichever of the 2 time periods is most convenient to collate, i.e. last 12 months or last calendar year.

2,173

Of this number, who many of these tests led to no further action as lab analysis did not detect any drug over the specified limit when blood analysis was performed by your forensic provider.

220 of the positive results ended in no charge. Not all of December’s toxicology results are available yet due to delays and so are not included in this number.

Conversely, what number led to Section 5A arrests?

634, as above, not all of December’s results are included.