An Adelaide woman has lost her licence for 12 months after crashing her car with more than eight times the legal blood-alcohol concentration.
7News reports the 40-year-old was found unconscious behind the wheel of a silver Ford Fiesta, which had been involved in a low speed collision – with a newer model Fiesta of all things – in Beverley just after 2pm on August 10.
When police arrived on the scene and opened the driver’s door, a bottle of wine allegedly tumbled out, and the woman vomited.
A subsequent blood analysis from the driver, which returned a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) 0.416 – reportedly one of the highest readings ever recorded in South Australia.
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For context, the Drug and Alcohol Clinical Advisory Service (DACAS) says a BAC of 0.4 or above can be lethal.
The Woodville South woman was charged with drink driving and aggravated driving without due care, while her car was impounded and licence suspended for one year.
She will appear in court at a later date.
The offence isn’t far off the unofficial national record, after 52-year old woman from Coffs Harbour returned a roadside breath test result of 0.486 in 2016.
Between July 2023 and June 2024, 101 road users died in South Australia, an 8.6 per cent increase over the previous year.
