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Table 1.22 Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence

Type of offence

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07 2

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

2,140

1,965

2,144

2,051

2,607

2,796

2,842

3,002

2,873

3,139

Careless driving

14,093

13,786

11,103

9,968

9,576

9,884

9,194

10,060

10,083

10,467

Drunk Driving of which:

11,118

10,581

10,904

10,758

11,476

11,838

11,571

11,061

11,257

11,704

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

935

948

846

799

990

940

828

769

809

759

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

189

132

113

126

121

133

151

17

102

107

Driving with excess blood alcohol

7,634

7,324

7,323

7,161

7,726

7,892

7,837

7,465

7,337

7,644

In charge with excess blood alcohol

272

249

302

349

445

488

507

548

693

765

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

1,032

866

966

917

881

1,014

915

941

946

1,039

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

1,056

1,062

1,354

1,406

1,313

1,371

1,333

1,321

1,370

1,391

Failing to stop after accident

9,250

9,730

9,312

8,300

7,650

7,242

7,373

8,382

8,244

6,005

Driving while disqualified

4,151

4,016

4,435

4,331

4,629

5,129

4,907

4,002

3,853

3,687

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

61,496

74,014

77,438

69,222

80,310

66,422

120,949

123,926

93,495

70,307

Other speeding offences 1

34,671

46,179

46,590

45,091

47,261

51,311

78,686

86,642

74,749

93,502

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

18,861

16,610

13,574

15,129

17,339

17,255

23,362

24,399

24,396

22,889

Pedestrian crossing offences

5,498

4,206

3,649

4,232

4,830

3,362

6,071

5,542

4,511

3,765

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

26,383

29,977

22,332

24,460

23,226

24,509

18,383

11,884

9,876

8,141

Construction & use regulations

35,948

33,845

25,662

22,385

22,286

21,957

18,811

15,138

14,056

13,018

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

23,136

20,797

20,690

24,991

26,758

27,197

27,815

18,050

17,966

17,813

No test certificate

11,887

11,924

13,245

13,182

15,033

14,931

14,082

9,668

9,007

8,393

Driving licence offences

11,573

12,422

14,332

13,780

16,627

18,377

18,872

15,940

15,288

14,212

Third party insurance offences

21,712

22,117

24,528

24,584

28,365

30,512

30,314

25,202

25,140

25,184

Registration/identification offences

4,841

4,700

3,460

3,483

3,175

3,372

3,536

3,814

3,866

3,866

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

367

394

468

537

534

615

761

656

728

837

Tachograph etc offences

8,773

7,515

4,010

3,734

3,966

3,085

3,288

2,405

1,894

2,594

Seat belt offences

30,613

39,083

34,900

37,235

38,270

31,012

28,123

29,653

27,308

28,470

Parking offences

951

789

348

672

449

601

587

511

419

2,364

Other offences

2,119

2,519

4,337

3,090

4,092

3,152

5,386

14,325

21,388

22,869

Total offences

339,581

367,169

347,461

341,215

368,459

354,559

434,913

424,262

380,397

373,227

1. Includes motorway and clearway offences, which previously appeared as a separate category under 'Other offences'.
2. Figures for 2006/07 are provisional as revised figures are awaited from 1 of the 8 Police Forces in Scotland.

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