I always had this belief but now its been proven that Drunks are safer drivers than sober ones

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Less than 0.5% of fatal crashes involve drunk drivers, says Loke​

Less than 0.5% of fatal crashes involve drunk drivers, says Loke​

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Transport minister Loke Siew Fook says this year, only two of such cases were recorded as of June.​

Transport minister Loke Siew Fook said his ministry, in collaboration with the home ministry and the police, had continued to strengthen its awareness and advocacy campaigns as well as conduct enforcement operations nationwide.
KUALA LUMPUR: Fatal accidents caused by road users under the influence of alcohol made up less than 0.5% of all fatal road accidents nationwide between 2022 and June this year, said transport minister Loke Siew Fook.
He said that in 2022, there were 14 fatal road accidents caused by drunk road users, which is 0.23% out of 6,080 cases of all types of accidents recorded that year.

As for the following year, only 13 cases, or 0.2% of 6,473 fatal accident cases were recorded, while only 12 drunk fatal accidents or 0.19% of 6,464 fatal road accidents were recorded in 2024.