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| Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1999/2: Motor Vehicle Offences in Scotland 1997 |
| Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police in Scotland by type of offence, 1989-1996 | Table 2 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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| Total offences | 306,441 |
315,119 |
330,724 |
317,501 |
305,902 |
330,983 |
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| Serious Driving Offences | |||||||
| Dangerous and careless driving | 22,461 |
19,951 |
21,088 |
18,729 |
17,347 |
16,319 |
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| Drunk Driving of which: | 11,260 |
10,905 |
10,835 |
10,719 |
11,796 |
11,208 |
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| Driving while unfit through drink or drugs | 252 |
282 |
336 |
597 |
921 |
899 |
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| In charge while unfit through drink or drugs | 81 |
61 |
129 |
113 |
112 |
225 |
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| Driving with excess blood alcohol | 7,887 |
7,632 |
7,586 |
7,450 |
7,987 |
7,686 |
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| In charge with excess blood alcohol | 267 |
266 |
285 |
248 |
277 |
274 |
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| Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside | 1,576 |
1,508 |
1,314 |
1,217 |
1,311 |
1,043 |
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| Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station | 1,197 |
1,156 |
1,185 |
1,094 |
1,188 |
1,081 |
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| Failing to stop after accident | 11,157 |
10,703 |
10,635 |
10,048 |
9,405 |
9,356 |
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| Driving while disqualified | 5,016 |
4,310 |
4,741 |
4,287 |
4,318 |
4,176 |
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| Speeding Offences | |||||||
| Speeding in restricted areas | 64,515 |
57,405 |
56,817 |
55,827 |
50,373 |
60,581 |
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| Other speeding offences | 29,059 |
27,993 |
28,982 |
29,314 |
31,982 |
31,341 |
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| Signal and Direction Offences | |||||||
| Traffic direction offences | 10,993 |
12,811 |
14,235 |
16,272 |
15,558 |
17,367 |
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| Pedestrian crossing offences | 4,358 |
5,313 |
5,076 |
4,709 |
4,977 |
5,164 |
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| Lighting, Construction & Use Offences | |||||||
| Lighting offences | 17,177 |
20,803 |
23,802 |
22,599 |
20,746 |
24,902 |
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| Construction & use regulations | 30,598 |
30,584 |
33,141 |
33,722 |
32,705 |
35,234 |
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| Documentation Offences | |||||||
| Vehicle excise licence offences | 24,569 |
26,230 |
25,787 |
25,542 |
23,056 |
23,816 |
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| No test certificate | 11,726 |
13,949 |
14,622 |
13,535 |
12,540 |
12,381 |
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| Driving licence offences | 13,278 |
13,138 |
13,479 |
12,336 |
11,850 |
11,688 |
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| Third party insurance offences | 22,436 |
25,103 |
26,218 |
23,878 |
22,947 |
22,234 |
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| Registration/identification offences | 2,838 |
3,096 |
3,805 |
3,838 |
4,412 |
4,835 |
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| Other Offences | |||||||
| Failure to provide information to identify driver | 564 |
662 |
653 |
825 |
858 |
368 |
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| Tachograph etc offences | 4,937 |
4,528 |
9,130 |
8,668 |
3,525 |
8,415 |
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| Seat belt offences | 14,160 |
23,817 |
24,588 |
19,491 |
24,712 |
28,251 |
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| Parking offences | 2,995 |
1,393 |
885 |
905 |
775 |
878 |
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| Motorway and Clearway offences | 616 |
512 |
404 |
315 |
348 |
455 |
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| Other offences | 1,728 |
1,913 |
1,801 |
1,942 |
1,672 |
2,014 |
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