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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2002

Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences by type of offence, 1993-2002

Table 17

Type of offence

1993 4

1994 4

1995

1996

1997 5

1998

1999 6

2000 6

2001

2002

Total

90,377

112,334

109,843

123,927

123,614

152,332

168,198

159,782

175,184

161,360

Speeding (restricted areas):

37,870

45,836

45,294

42,107

43,375

53,009

65,473

59,153

71,011

63,682

Automatic Detection 1,2

645

5,772

9,093

13,714

15,664

14,120

28,319

30,217

42,974

42,298

Other 1,2

37,225

40,064

36,201

28,393

27,711

38,889

37,154

28,936

22,453

20,234

Speeding (other):

16,325

20,877

22,049

26,154

25,791

36,083

39,006

42,808

37,886

41,115

Automatic Detection 1,2

1

2,692

5,956

10,146

11,481

16,403

20,526

22,511

22,881

27,774

Other 1,2

16,324

18,185

16,093

16,008

14,310

19,680

18,480

20,297

14,241

12,270

Traffic direction offences:

7,848

11,438

13,459

14,081

14,746

14,602

12,002

12,416

14,367

16,271

Automatic Detection 1

221

1,287

1,768

1,760

1,485

1,815

1,782

1,871

3,521

2,696

Other 1

7,627

10,151

11,691

12,321

13,261

12,787

10,220

10,545

10,713

13,575

Other offences 3

28,334

34,183

29,041

41,585

39,702

48,638

43,771

45,405

51,920

40,292

1 During 1997 and 1998, the automatic detection system in Tayside was not operational.
2 The split into automatic detection and other is estimated for Central from April 1997 to December 2000. Central and Northern included in subtotals for 2001 and 2002, but not in the automatic detection and other categories.
3 Other offences include construction and use, driving licence, vehicle excise licence, parking, motorway traffic, seat belt and other motor vehicle offences.
4 During 1993 only Strathclyde police force had automatic detection facilities in operation. In 1994 only Central and Dumfries and Galloway police forces did not have automatic facilities in operation.
5 The total includes 7,946 offers in Central which could not be broken down by offence type.
6 Includes estimated data.

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