Drug-driving incidents rise by 11% in three months

Garda figures for the full year revealed 3,988 incidents of drug driving. Picture: Denis Minihane

Drug-driving incidents jumped by 11% in the first three months of the year, figures show.

It comes as data from the Medical Bureau of Road Safety (MBRS) show a 37% rise in the number of blood and urine specimens submitted for drugs testing in 2020 compared with 2019.