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BBC News - Drink-driving: Cardiff, Swansea in top 10 problem areas
Cardiff and Swansea are among the 10 areas of the UK with the worst record for drink-driving, according to an analysis of car insurance applications.
Cardiff is third and Swansea eighth on the list, which is topped by the Yorkshire town of Harrogate.
It comes after price comparison website moneysupermarket.com analysed more than 14 million quotes from the past year.
Kieron Malloy of Cardiff Institute of Advanced Motorists said he was shocked Wales' biggest cities were on the list.
Drink-drive problem areas
1. Harrogate
2. Hereford
3. Cardiff
4. Blackpool
5. Truro
6. Dundee
7. Carlisle
8. Swansea
9. Inverness
10. Cleveland
Source: moneysupermarket.com
"I can't believe that Cardiff is so high," he said.
"I think South Wales Police have been doing quite a lot of good work and have a robust policy on drink-driving."
Mr Malloy, a solicitor and chairman of the Cardiff branch of the road safety charity, added: "I would not have thought Cardiff had a particularly high number of drink-drivers and I had no worries about it being a drink-drive hotspot.
"I suppose it would be positive if it meant that South Wales Police were making more arrests, as drink-driving kills."
Peter Roger, head of driving standards at the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said: "It's interesting who comes out top... nearly all the top jobs are scaffolders, roofers - they're these kind of activities.
Cardiff and Swansea are among the 10 areas of the UK with the worst record for drink-driving, according to an analysis of car insurance applications.
Cardiff is third and Swansea eighth on the list, which is topped by the Yorkshire town of Harrogate.
It comes after price comparison website moneysupermarket.com analysed more than 14 million quotes from the past year.
Kieron Malloy of Cardiff Institute of Advanced Motorists said he was shocked Wales' biggest cities were on the list.
Drink-drive problem areas
1. Harrogate
2. Hereford
3. Cardiff
4. Blackpool
5. Truro
6. Dundee
7. Carlisle
8. Swansea
9. Inverness
10. Cleveland
Source: moneysupermarket.com
"I can't believe that Cardiff is so high," he said.
"I think South Wales Police have been doing quite a lot of good work and have a robust policy on drink-driving."
Mr Malloy, a solicitor and chairman of the Cardiff branch of the road safety charity, added: "I would not have thought Cardiff had a particularly high number of drink-drivers and I had no worries about it being a drink-drive hotspot.
"I suppose it would be positive if it meant that South Wales Police were making more arrests, as drink-driving kills."
Peter Roger, head of driving standards at the Institute of Advanced Motorists, said: "It's interesting who comes out top... nearly all the top jobs are scaffolders, roofers - they're these kind of activities.
