The Scottish Government

Motor vehicle offences proceeeded against by type of offence and result of proceedings, 2002

Table 20

Type of offence

% not proved ¹

Charge proved or accepted

Total

Custodial

Fine

Other sentence

Total

Disqualified

Endorsement

Total offences

18

74,284

25,204

31,432

2,271

2,121

76

57,152

18,329

25,544

11,222

2,233

5,293

3,639

2,521

519

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

18

1,102

989

77

259

250

1

592

515

72

28

23

3

223

201

1

Careless driving

18

3,907

634

3,147

7

3

3

3,460

525

2,853

360

84

252

80

22

39

Drunk Driving of which:

13

9,978

9,468

395

411

381

14

8,537

8,198

295

238

164

56

792

725

30

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

24

596

556

21

65

56

4

398

383

10

37

33

2

96

84

5

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

26

64

55

6

3

3

-

48

42

6

5

3

-

8

7

-

Driving with excess blood alcohol

2

7,721

7,642

35

269

259

5

6,827

6,790

19

84

78

3

541

515

8

In charge with excess blood alcohol

26

409

303

102

4

4

-

376

272

100

4

3

1

25

24

1

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

71

261

79

160

2

1

-

168

48

110

67

17

42

24

13

8

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

25

927

833

71

68

58

5

720

663

50

41

30

8

98

82

8

Failing to stop after accident

52

1,492

294

1,057

29

18

7

1,059

207

791

328

45

230

76

24

29

Driving while disqualified

9

3,802

3,582

138

1,494

1,441

31

910

846

57

94

65

18

1,304

1,230

32

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

3

2,658

129

2,210

-

-

-

2,640

126

2,200

16

3

9

2

-

1

Other speeding offences

2

7,291

826

5,868

-

-

-

7,259

818

5,853

29

7

14

3

1

1

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

18

1,481

59

1,071

1

-

-

1,376

56

1,028

96

3

40

8

-

3

Pedestrian crossing offences

12

201

8

161

-

-

-

190

8

155

11

-

6

-

-

-

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

33

1,102

8

63

-

-

-

818

4

49

275

-

14

9

4

-

Construction & use regulations

33

2,242

39

950

-

-

-

1,834

27

825

404

12

125

4

-

-

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

5

3,837

1

12

-

-

-

3,560

1

10

172

-

1

105

-

1

No test certificate

51

3,544

19

107

3

1

-

1,916

12

55

1,552

3

38

73

3

14

Driving licence offences

22

8,372

955

5,952

7

-

3

5,445

631

3,993

2,659

288

1,827

261

36

129

Third party insurance offences

11

18,706

8,130

9,893

57

26

17

13,604

6,303

7,054

4,377

1,529

2,586

668

272

236

Registration/identification offences

34

147

1

1

-

-

-

109

1

1

38

-

-

-

-

-

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

48

267

20

93

1

-

-

188

18

74

75

1

18

3

1

1

Tachograph etc offences

27

918

-

4

-

-

-

832

-

4

85

-

-

1

-

-

Seat belt offences

11

2,270

1

16

-

-

-

2,157

1

15

112

-

1

1

-

-

Parking offences

0

17

1

1

-

-

-

16

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

Other offences

32

949

39

216

2

1

-

649

30

159

272

6

55

26

2

2