Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1999/2 Page :7

Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1999/2: Motor Vehicle Offences in Scotland 1997

Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences, by type of offence, 1993 - 1997

Table 4a

Type of offence	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

Total	90,377	112,334	109,843	123,927	123,614

Speeding (restricted areas):
Automatic Detection⁽¹⁾	645	5,772	9,093	13,714	15,664
Other	37,225	40,064	36,201	28,393	27,711

Speeding (other):
Automatic Detection⁽¹⁾	1	2,692	5,956	10,146	11,481
Other	16,324	18,185	16,093	16,008	14,310

Traffic direction offences
Automatic Detection⁽¹⁾	221	1,287	1,768	1,760	1,485
Other	7,627	10,151	11,691	12,321	13,261

Construction and use offences	5,025	5,458	5,468	7,175	7,756

Driving licence offences	183	204	107	107	86

Other offences⁽²⁾	23,126	28,521	23,466	34,303	31,860

(1) Automatic detection came into force on 1 April 1993. During 1993 only Strathclyde police force had automatic detection facilities in operation. By 1994 six of the eight forces had automatic detection facilities in operation and by the second half of 1995 all forces had automatic detection facilities in operation.

(2) Other offences include vehicle excise licence, parking, motorway traffic, seat belt and other motor vehicle offences.

Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences: percentage of offences detected automatically, 1993 - 1997

Table 4b

Type of offence	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997

Speeding (restricted areas)
Automatic Detection⁽¹⁾	2	13	20	33	36
Other	98	87	80	67	64

Speeding (other)
Automatic Detection⁽¹⁾	*	13	27	39	45
Other	100	87	73	61	55

Traffic direction offences
Automatic Detection⁽¹⁾	3	11	13	12	10
Other	97	89	87	88	90