The Scottish Government

Amount of fine imposed by type of offence and level of fine(), 2002

Table 21

Type of offence

Up to 25

26-50

51-100

101-200

201-300

301-400

401-500

Over 500

No separate figure

Total

Average fine ¹

Total offences

1,512

9,133

16,961

15,542

7,716

3,123

1,815

999

351

57,152

166

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

-

3

29

115

172

89

97

86

1

592

388

Careless driving

10

190

937

1,308

617

214

116

51

17

3,460

191

Drunk Driving of which:

2

43

328

1,549

2,874

1,943

1,143

640

15

8,537

337

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

-

5

27

98

136

69

43

18

2

398

299

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

-

-

4

18

16

8

1

1

-

48

253

Driving with excess blood alcohol

-

9

178

1,154

2,320

1,641

966

552

7

6,827

347

In charge with excess blood alcohol

-

3

15

86

128

83

38

23

-

376

315

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

1

19

63

45

26

7

3

1

3

168

164

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

1

7

41

148

248

135

92

45

3

720

320

Failing to stop after accident

9

145

411

343

105

23

8

4

11

1,059

139

Driving while disqualified

-

7

81

223

257

119

121

89

13

910

343

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

7

104

1,297

1,052

137

27

11

4

1

2,640

124

Other speeding offences

1

74

2,260

2,964

1,297

434

153

68

8

7,259

178

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

14

190

656

375

110

18

7

1

5

1,376

118

Pedestrian crossing offences

1

36

129

22

1

1

-

-

-

190

83

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

117

434

224

13

2

-

2

1

25

818

54

Construction & use regulations

134

553

639

264

125

35

28

16

40

1,834

115

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

142

1,467

1,776

167

4

-

-

-

4

3,560

66

No test certificate

234

1,077

549

31

1

-

1

2

21

1,916

58

Driving licence offences

510

2,246

2,133

456

49

1

2

-

48

5,445

74

Third party insurance offences

88

832

4,251

6,206

1,827

189

106

27

78

13,604

154

Registration/identification offences

11

29

48

18

1

1

-

-

1

109

85

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

25

51

53

37

14

5

-

2

1

188

109

Tachograph etc offences

59

121

192

303

77

17

9

4

50

832

143

Seat belt offences

57

1,319

766

7

-

1

-

1

6

2,157

54

Parking offences

-

13

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

16

44

Other offences

91

199

198

89

46

6

11

3

6

649

103