Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1999/2: Motor Vehicle Offences in Scotland 1997
	ISBN 0 7480 7790 1	Publisher The Scottish Office	Price £2.00

Contents

1. Introduction 2. Key Points 3. Motor Vehicle Offences: An Overview 4. Motor Vehicle Offences Recorded by the Police 5. Alternatives to Prosecution 6. Offences and Persons Proceeded Against in Court 7. Offences Proceeded Against in Court by Result Fines Disqualifications 8. Police Fixed Penalties for Stationary Vehicle Offences 9. Appendix of Tables

Table 1 Motor vehicles, offences and penalties, 1987-1997 Table 2 Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police in Scotland by offence, 1992-1997 Table 3 Motor vehicle offences dealt with under the vehicle defect rectification scheme and conditional offers of fixed penalty by procurators fiscal or the police, 1992-1997 Table 4a Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences by type of offence, 1993-1997 Table 4b Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences : percentage of offences detected automatically, 1993-1997 Table 5 Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences : action taken, 1993-1997 Table 6 Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences : action taken by police force area, 1997 Table 7 Motor vehicle offences proceeded against in court by type of offence, 1992-1997 Table 8 Motor vehicle offences proceeded against in court by result of proceedings and type of offence, 1997 Table 9 Amount of fine imposed by type of offence and level of fine, 1997 Table 10 Disqualification period by type of offence and length of disqualification, 1997 Table 11 Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences by type of offence, 1992-1997 Table 12a Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences and subsequent outcome, 1992-1997 (numbers) Table 12b Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences and subsequent outcome, 1992-1997 (percentages) Table 13 Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: type of offence by police force area, 1997 Table 14 Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: subsequent outcome by police force area, 1997

10. Annex: Notes on Statistics Used in this Bulletin

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