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CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN SCOTTISH COURTS, 2003

Motor vehicle offences proceeeded against by type of offence and result of proceedings , 2003

Table 20

Type of offence

% not proved 1

Charge proved or accepted

Total

Custodial

Fine

Admonished

Other sentence

Total

Disqual -ified

Endorse -ment

Total

Disqual -ified

Endorse -ment

Total

Disqual -ified

Endorse -ment

Total

Disqual -ified

Endorse -ment

Total

Disqual -ified

Endorse -ment

Total offences

18

77,637

25,053

34,288

2,320

2,103

97

60,558

18,316

28,661

11,273

2,171

5,051

3,486

2,463

479

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

18

1,193

1,069

87

276

263

-

661

574

83

20

11

4

236

221

-

Careless driving

17

4,317

681

3,477

4

-

2

3,873

566

3,197

347

85

236

93

30

42

Drunk Driving of which:

13

9,312

8,852

367

354

329

11

8,033

7,721

281

198

138

46

727

664

29

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

25

465

443

14

52

46

1

324

317

7

15

14

1

74

66

5

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

28

65

55

9

6

6

-

47

38

8

4

3

1

8

8

-

Driving with excess blood alcohol

2

7,207

7,119

47

227

215

5

6,384

6,351

24

81

75

5

515

478

13

In charge with excess blood alcohol

27

408

318

85

9

8

-

363

279

82

5

4

1

31

27

2

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

69

249

83

145

-

-

-

180

59

110

49

12

29

20

12

6

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

23

918

834

67

60

54

5

735

677

50

44

30

9

79

73

3

Failing to stop after accident

53

1,557

348

1,066

28

12

13

1,103

253

778

321

37

241

105

46

34

Driving while disqualified

8

4,003

3,679

183

1,569

1,477

32

1,085

978

89

106

64

26

1,243

1,160

36

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

3

3,103

84

2,670

-

-

-

3,081

81

2,656

19

2

13

3

1

1

Other speeding offences 2

2

9,318

881

7,898

-

-

-

9,265

874

7,861

44

7

30

9

-

7

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

19

1,026

32

595

7

-

6

926

31

561

84

-

25

9

1

3

Pedestrian crossing offences

11

243

8

204

-

-

-

231

8

199

12

-

5

-

-

-

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

32

970

2

25

5

-

-

716

1

16

248

-

9

1

1

-

Construction & use regulations

32

2,726

16

927

-

-

-

2,275

15

804

440

-

123

11

1

-

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

6

3,111

-

3

-

-

-

2,894

-

2

94

-

1

123

-

-

No test certificate

52

3,568

11

44

-

-

-

1,865

5

22

1,668

4

20

35

2

2

Driving licence offences

22

8,904

1,048

5,835

8

1

4

5,987

681

4,068

2,701

318

1,677

208

48

86

Third party insurance offences

12

19,588

8,283

10,496

65

21

27

14,476

6,476

7,683

4,395

1,500

2,554

652

286

232

Registration/identification offences

25

213

-

1

-

-

-

177

-

1

35

-

-

1

-

-

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

54

255

15

1

-

-

-

195

14

1

54

1

-

6

-

-

Tachograph etc offences

25

1,248

1

95

1

-

-

1,105

1

86

140

-

8

2

-

1

Seat belt offences

10

2,150

-

5

-

-

-

2,017

-

5

131

-

-

2

-

-

Parking offences

3

10

-

10

-

-

-

9

-

9

1

-

1

-

-

-

Other offences

35

822

43

300

3

-

2

584

37

260

215

4

32

20

2

6

1 Includes charge withdrawn, not guilty and not proven. Includes estimated data.
2 Includes motorway and clearway offences.

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