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| Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1999/2: Motor Vehicle Offences in Scotland 1997 |
| 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 3 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
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| Offences dealt with under Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme | 20,945 |
21,272 |
22,602 |
30,493 |
24,587 |
24,000(3) |
| Conditional offers of a fixed penalty: | ||||||
| Procurator Fiscal Offers sent | 107,177 |
46,469 |
8,806 |
10,422(3) |
10,802(3) |
11,927(3) |
| Procurator Fiscal Offers not paid | 17,139 |
8,738 |
2,614 |
3,938(3) |
4,215(3) |
4,829(3) |
| Procurator Fiscal Offers prosecuted | 14,313 |
6,494 |
1,882 |
2,908(3) |
2,801(3) |
3,297(3) |
| Police Offers sent | - |
90,377(2) |
112,334 |
109,843 |
123,927 |
123,614 |
| Police Offers not paid | - |
15,223(2) |
17,674 |
16,828 |
20,387 |
18,802 |
| Police Offers Reported to the Procurator Fiscal | - |
14,349(2) |
16,985 |
15,915 |
18,107 |
16,632 |
| Recorded Offences(1) | 170,860 |
178,726 |
186,641 |
181,934 |
181,053 |
202,840 |
| Total number of offences proceeded against(1) | 35,375 |
29,795 |
31,417 |
29,855 |
25,769 |
26,023 |
| Number where charge proved or accepted(1) | 33,267 |
27,821 |
29,477 |
27,496 |
23,838 |
23,822 |
| Per cent where charge proved or accepted(1) | 94.0 |
93.4 |
93.8 |
92.1 |
92.5 |
91.5 |
| (1) The following offences have been included: speeding, traffic direction, seat belt, driver's contravention of pedestrian crossing regulations, lighting and construction and use offences. It is assumed that these are the only offences for which persons may be given conditional offers of fixed penalties. |
| (2) The figure represents 9 months data only as police offers of fixed penalties were only introduced in April 1983. |
| (3) Estimated data. |
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