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| Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1999/2: Motor Vehicle Offences in Scotland 1997 |
Motor vehicle offences proceeded against in court by type of offence, 1992-1997 |
Table 7 |
| Type of offence | 1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
| Total Offences | 115,332 |
105,581 |
106,779 |
105,678 |
98,539 |
98,877 |
| Serious Driving Offences | ||||||
| Dangerous or reckless driving | 1,311 |
1,391 |
1,430 |
1,418 |
1,435 |
1,479 |
| Careless driving | 9,575 |
7,901 |
6,876 |
7,152 |
6,925 |
6,642 |
| Drunk Driving of which: | 10,343 |
9,984 |
9,622 |
10,053 |
10,556 |
11,105 |
| Driving while unfit through drink or drugs | 170 |
189 |
187 |
375 |
635 |
720 |
| In charge while unfit through drink or drugs | 69 |
74 |
47 |
29 |
55 |
76 |
| Driving with excess blood alcohol | 7,578 |
7,061 |
6,863 |
6,971 |
7,245 |
7,734 |
| In charge with excess blood alcohol | 336 |
352 |
297 |
400 |
322 |
300 |
| Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside | 1,311 |
1,280 |
1,131 |
1,159 |
1,038 |
983 |
| Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station | 879 |
1,028 |
1,097 |
1,119 |
1,261 |
1,292 |
| Failing to stop after accident | 4,890 |
4,621 |
4,204 |
4,186 |
4,333 |
4,290 |
| Driving while disqualified | 4,113 |
3,807 |
3,927 |
3,891 |
3,852 |
3,849 |
| Speeding Offences | ||||||
| Speeding in restricted areas | 11,317 |
10,088 |
11,070 |
9,006 |
6,791 |
6,772 |
| Other speeding offences | 9,158 |
5,978 |
6,238 |
6,732 |
6,490 |
5,989 |
| Signal and Direction Offences | ||||||
| Traffic direction offences | 3,294 |
2,801 |
2,387 |
3,343 |
2,394 |
2,400 |
| Pedestrian crossing offences | 794 |
630 |
765 |
652 |
668 |
584 |
| Lighting, Construction & Use Offences | ||||||
| Lighting offences | 1,716 |
1,647 |
1,584 |
1,614 |
1,561 |
1,881 |
| Construction & use regulations | 6,399 |
5,067 |
5,345 |
5,703 |
5,203 |
5,348 |
| Documentation Offences | ||||||
| Vehicle excise licence offences | 7,739 |
6,977 |
6,364 |
4,454 |
4,732 |
5,910 |
| No test certificate | 5,950 |
6,401 |
7,123 |
7,526 |
6,880 |
6,730 |
| Driving licence offences | 8,712 |
7,663 |
7,904 |
8,489 |
8,533 |
8,283 |
| Third party insurance offences | 19,030 |
19,782 |
21,067 |
21,665 |
20,493 |
19,551 |
| Registration/identification offences | 309 |
703 |
921 |
915 |
479 |
541 |
| Other Offences | ||||||
| Failure to provide information to identify driver | 243 |
454 |
335 |
376 |
258 |
231 |
| Tachograph etc offences | 2,955 |
2,097 |
2,280 |
2,130 |
2,341 |
2,626 |
| Seat belt offences | 2,697 |
3,584 |
4,028 |
2,805 |
2,662 |
3,049 |
| Parking offences | 2,126 |
1,607 |
829 |
730 |
506 |
466 |
| Motorway and Clearway offences | 282 |
339 |
77 |
162 |
75 |
39 |
| Other offences | 2,379 |
2,059 |
2,403 |
2,676 |
1,372 |
1,112 |
| Total persons proceeded against for motor vehicle offences | 77,443 |
69,987 |
71,594 |
69,412 |
63,845 |
64,636 |
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