The Scottish Government

Type of offence

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

% change 2002-2003

Total offences

95,402

92,226

86,271

85,753

78,137

74,031

68,040

67,585

74,281

77,637

5

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

1,231

1,194

1,243

1,277

1,022

963

866

943

1,105

1,193

8

Careless driving

6,062

6,299

6,089

5,794

4,860

4,148

3,481

3,769

3,906

4,317

11

Drunk Driving of which:

7,778

8,032

8,413

8,822

7,624

7,189

6,873

6,884

9,052

8,394

-7

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

144

268

506

546

404

401

441

477

596

465

-22

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

35

20

50

56

92

65

58

61

64

65

2

Driving with excess blood alcohol

6,699

6,774

7,065

7,503

6,520

6,169

5,762

5,795

7,722

7,207

-7

In charge with excess blood alcohol

248

314

269

241

285

246

334

281

409

408

0

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

652

656

523

476

323

308

278

270

261

249

-5

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

996

982

1,082

1,039

771

773

889

854

927

918

-1

Failing to stop after accident

2,780

2,695

2,889

2,749

2,611

2,174

1,681

1,505

1,492

1,557

4

Driving while disqualified

3,659

3,608

3,537

3,559

3,297

3,205

3,303

3,419

3,800

4,003

5

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

10,959

8,871

6,706

6,705

6,837

7,730

5,980

3,791

2,658

3,103

17

Other speeding offences ¹

6,220

6,779

6,491

5,935

6,082

6,964

5,727

6,577

7,291

9,318

28

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

2,052

2,946

2,066

2,006

1,663

1,572

1,496

1,499

1,481

1,026

-31

Pedestrian crossing offences

717

617

627

549

399

253

249

232

201

243

21

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

1,290

1,217

1,205

1,466

1,438

1,073

922

1,075

1,102

970

-12

Construction & use regulations

4,518

4,685

4,356

4,391

3,557

3,009

2,337

1,732

2,242

2,726

22

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

6,039

4,189

4,516

5,706

5,993

4,733

4,931

4,413

3,837

3,111

-19

No test certificate

5,660

5,533

5,035

4,647

3,503

3,000

3,076

3,342

3,544

3,568

1

Driving licence offences

6,809

7,122

7,135

6,687

6,036

5,758

5,822

6,614

8,368

8,904

6

Third party insurance offences

19,249

19,504

18,463

17,431

15,479

14,520

14,711

16,206

18,707

19,588

5

Registration/identification offences

659

659

350

417

307

516

229

159

147

213

45

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

237

254

148

119

98

96

55

178

267

255

-4

Tachograph etc offences

1,940

1,745

1,909

2,353

1,990

1,740

1,338

858

918

1,248

36

Seat belt offences

3,796

2,541

2,458

2,812

2,978

2,941

2,730

2,289

2,270

2,150

-5

Parking offences

799

682

476

441

302

390

159

35

17

10

-41

Other offences

1,952

2,072

1,077

848

1,290

1,284

1,185

1,211

949

822

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