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Crj/2000/1 Statistical Bulletin: Motor Vehicle Offences in Scotland, 1998

ISBN 0 7480 9435 0

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Key Points
3. Motor Vehicle Offences: An Overview
4. Motor Vehicle Offences Recorded by the Police
5. Alternatives to Prosecution
6. Offences and Persons Proceeded Against in Court
7. Offences Proceeded Against in Court by Result
Fines
Disqualifications
8. Police Fixed Penalties for Stationary Vehicle Offences
9. Appendix of Tables
Table 1 Motor vehicles, offences and penalties, 1988-1998
Table 2 Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence, 1993-1998
Table 3 Motor vehicle offences dealt with under the vehicle defect rectification scheme and conditional offers of fixed penalty by procurators fiscal or the police, 1993-1998
Table 4a Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences by type of offence, 1993-1998
Table 4b Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences : percentage of offences detected automatically, 1993-1998
Table 5 Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences : action taken, 1993-1998
Table 6 Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences : action taken by police force area, 1998
Table 7 Motor vehicle offences proceeded against in court by type of offence, 1993-1998
Table 8 Motor vehicle offences proceeded against in court by type of offence and result of proceedings, 1998
Table 9 Fines imposed for motor vehicle offences by type of offence and level of fine, 1998
Table 10 Driving disqualifications imposed for motor vehicle offences by type of offence and length of disqualification, 1998
Table 11 Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences by type of offence, 1993-1998
Table 12 Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: subsequent outcome, 1993-1998
Table 13 Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: type of offence by police force area, 1998
Table 14 Police fixed penalty notices issued for stationary vehicle offences: subsequent outcome by police force area, 1998

Annex: Notes on Statistics Used in this Bulletin
Scottish Executive Statistical Services

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