The Scottish Government

Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence, 1997-2002

Table 16

Type of offence

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

% change 2001-2002

Total Offences

330,983

362,073

353,405

345,772

362,096

341,316

-6

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

2,129

2,032

2,112

2,015

2,445

2,804

15

Careless driving

14,190

13,733

11,852

10,287

9,510

9,896

4

Drunk Driving of which:

11,208

10,563

10,821

10,712

11,403

11,782

3

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

899

987

825

793

941

1,001

6

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

225

131

111

125

119

140

18

Driving with excess blood alcohol

7,686

7,246

7,397

7,139

7,687

7,805

2

In charge with excess blood alcohol

274

265

277

349

411

477

16

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

1,043

899

932

914

899

989

10

Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station

1,081

1,035

1,279

1,392

1,346

1,370

2

Failing to stop after accident

9,356

9,594

9,150

8,884

7,749

7,226

-7

Driving while disqualified

4,176

3,940

4,366

4,463

4,392

5,124

17

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

60,581

72,238

76,856

71,338

78,555

62,195

-21

Other speeding offences

31,796

43,804

48,956

45,948

45,420

50,256

11

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

17,367

17,435

14,604

14,398

16,741

18,043

8

Pedestrian crossing offences

5,164

4,485

4,030

3,746

5,270

3,403

-35

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

24,902

29,375

24,254

24,652

24,463

24,123

-1

Construction & use regulations

35,234

34,176

28,659

23,670

22,834

22,135

-3

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

23,816

21,119

19,956

23,775

23,208

19,354

-17

No test certificate

12,381

11,769

12,589

13,658

14,450

15,043

4

Driving licence offences

11,688

12,079

13,656

14,391

15,562

18,228

17

Third party insurance offences

22,234

21,788

23,484

25,236

27,076

30,177

11

Registration/identification offences

4,835

4,802

3,795

3,690

3,409

3,134

-8

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

368

391

455

393

643

625

-3

Tachograph etc offences

8,415

7,746

4,429

4,193

4,552

2,804

-38

Seat belt offences

28,251

37,510

35,263

36,176

40,002

31,013

-22

Parking offences

878

908

476

572

499

539

8

Other offences

2,014

2,586

3,642

3,575

3,913

3,412

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