Police say Canberra's alcohol culture must change following a record year of drink-driving.
ACT Policing netted the largest ever haul of drink drivers in the past financial year, with an average of nearly five drivers booked each day.
And figures suggest a large proportion of drivers are young men.
Rates of drink-driving on Canberra roads rose 13 per cent last year, after a similar rise the previous year.
The figures coincided with police announcing they believe alcohol may have been a factor in a fatal collision in Crace on Sunday that saw another four people injured.
Acting Superintendent Daryl Neit said community attitudes towards the consumption of alcohol had to change.
He said the problems were manifesting themselves in a number of ways, but the public needed to be more responsible.
''It's how we deal with alcohol as young people with the rise in violence, we need to change our attitude to alcohol in motor vehicles it's a whole change in alcohol and how we deal with it,'' Superintendent Neit said.
Police caught 1789 drivers over the blood alcohol limit of .05 per cent between July 1, 2008, and June 30, 2009.
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