Afternoon
Is this your first DUI offence?
I was arrested for DUI in early 2019, and my readings were 113 & 115 - I was subsequently banned for 28 months. I was simply stopped and breathalysed by the police - there was no collision, but as I was a High Risk Offender I ended up doing 100 hours community service.
As your reading is 81 - the good news is you are not classed a High Risk Offender. The benchmark is 87.5, so in theory you will not be looking at the same punishment as myself.
Even though there has been a collision, no one came to any harm and it was damage only. I don't necessary think the Magistrates will view this as an 'aggravating' factor, but I could be wrong.
What I have found with drink driving offences is that damage only collisions don't necessarily increase the length of the drink driving ban.
A woman in my town, wrote her car off on a blind bend recently and completely demolished a stone wall. She blew 75 and was banned for 24 months, with a fine and court costs. I was not involved in a collision, but I was given a stiffer punishment because my reading was so high and I am a HRO.
You will definately not be going to prison, unless you then tell us this is your third DUI in ten years!!!!
CJ