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Statistical Bulletin CrJ/1999/2: Motor Vehicle Offences in Scotland 1997
 
 
Disqualification period by type of offence and length of disqualification, 1997

Table 10

Type of offence

3 months or less

4-6 months

7-12 months

13-18 months

19-24 months

25-36 months

Over 3 yrs to 5 yrs

Over 5 yrs to 10 yrs

Over 10 years

Till pass test

Life

No separate figure

Total

Average length of disqual- ification(1) (months)
 
Total offences

890

4,044

7,148

2,490

2,084

2,253

1,633

610

42

1,145

144

514

22,997

21
 
Serious Driving Offences
Dangerous or reckless driving

9

20

235

81

82

64

48

19

2

482

6

14

1,062

24
Careless driving

109

336

178

25

49

19

18

4

-

54

7

23

822

11
Drunk Driving of which:

21

154

3,863

1,900

774

1,173

671

139

9

220

38

164

9,126

22
 
Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

-

5

202

96

52

64

45

17

-

21

3

7

512

24
In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

-

5

15

8

6

7

1

-

-

-

-

2

44

19
Driving with excess blood alcohol

5

64

3,135

1,617

607

921

526

100

5

158

26

139

7,303

22
In charge with excess blood alcohol

8

47

74

13

16

10

4

1

-

3

-

1

177

14
Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

4

21

74

12

11

19

11

1

1

5

2

3

164

20
Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station

4

12

363

154

82

152

84

20

3

33

7

12

926

25
 
Failing to stop after accident

36

156

151

19

40

12

10

2

-

11

1

21

459

12
Driving while disqualified

14

92

460

159

550

615

650

332

25

279

75

42

3,293

41
 
Speeding Offences
Speeding in restricted areas

44

267

26

1

2

-

-

-

-

2

-

-

342

6
Other speeding offences

231

332

19

3

1

1

-

1

-

1

1

1

591

5
 
Signal and Direction Offences
Traffic direction offences

7

42

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

57

6
Pedestrian crossing offences

-

24

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

6
 
Lighting, Construction & Use Offences
Lighting offences

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

12
Construction & use regulations

10

63

7

1

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

85

7
 
Documentation Offences
Vehicle excise licence offences

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

4
No test certificate

-

11

1

-

-

-

3

-

-

-

1

3

19

16
Driving licence offences

56

212

270

36

74

36

16

3

-

6

-

30

739

13
Third party insurance offences

347

2,316

1,919

265

509

330

215

110

5

86

15

212

6,329

15
Registration/identification offences

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

12
 
Other Offences
Failure to provide information to identify driver

2

8

6

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

1

18

10
Tachograph etc offences

-

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

6
Seat belt offences

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

12
Parking offences

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

12
Motorway and Clearway offences

1

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

12
Other offences

2

4

3

-

3

1

1

-

1

1

-

-

16

27
(1) Excludes disqualifications for life, until driving test was taken again and for which no separate figure was available
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