More government action is needed to combat drink and drug-driving, the results from a survey have shown.

The implementation of a drug-driving law was supported by 92 per cent of drivers surveyed by leading road safety charity Brake and insurance company Direct Line.

At present, prosecutions for drug-driving only take place when the police can prove there is evidence of dangerous driving.

A new anti drug-driving law which enables any driver under the influence of drugs to be prosecuted, was backed by those questioned.

Some 71 per cent also support stricter drink-drive limits, believing that the current 80mg of alcohol per 100ml blood limit is too high.

Drivers are five times more likely to crash with alcohol in their systems than with none, research has shown.

A reduction of the limit to 20mg of alcohol per 100ml has been called for by Brake and Direct Line, which is the level already in place in Sweden.

More than half of the participants in the survey supported this view.

An official review conducted into the drink-driving levels in England and Wales is expected to recommend that the limit is lowered, in line with the majority of European countries, to 50mg per 100ml.

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