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

Driving disqualifications imposed for motor vehicle offences by type of offence and length of disqualification, 1998

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 disqualification(1) (months)

Total offences

922

3,529

6,260

2,319

1,874

1,918

1,418

532

72

966

147

578

20,535

21

Serious Driving Offences

                           

Dangerous driving

7

21

212

33

62

35

29

14

1

414

6

18

852

22

Careless driving

94

249

201

22

39

16

13

3

-

42

2

39

720

11

Drunk Driving of which:

26

124

3,280

1,735

739

906

548

125

8

132

36

133

7,792

22

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

-

1

127

71

53

44

41

7

-

18

5

7

374

25

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

2

3

29

16

8

9

4

-

-

3

-

-

74

19

Driving with excess blood alcohol

11

44

2,732

1,494

587

739

424

96

7

91

29

105

6,359

22

In charge with excess blood alcohol

7

45

92

26

15

16

11

1

1

6

-

3

223

17

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

3

16

30

11

5

3

4

3

-

1

-

2

78

19

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

3

15

270

117

71

95

64

18

-

13

2

16

684

24

Failing to stop after accident

33

134

130

20

29

18

10

4

-

6

-

27

411

14

Driving while disqualified

12

72

365

177

444

611

615

309

47

278

82

43

3,055

43

Speeding Offences

                           

Speeding in restricted areas

61

227

15

1

2

1

-

-

-

2

-

2

311

6

Other speeding offences

257

331

23

-

2

-

1

-

-

1

-

-

615

5

Signal and Direction Offences

                           

Traffic direction offences

10

57

2

1

3

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

73

6

Pedestrian crossing offences

2

13

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

16

6

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

                           

Lighting offences

-

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

6

Construction & use regulations

4

33

12

2

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

3

56

8

Documentation Offences

                           

Vehicle excise licence offences

-

2

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

9

No test certificate

-

6

4

1

1

1

-

1

-

-

-

11

25

17

Driving licence offences

78

216

238

35

65

33

11

4

-

4

2

64

750

13

Third party insurance offences

325

2,004

1,762

289

486

292

189

72

16

82

19

230

5,766

15

Registration/identification offences

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

6

Other Offences

                           

Failure to provide information to identify driver

2

5

3

1

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

3

16

11

Tachograph etc offences

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

6

Seat belt offences

6

4

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

13

4

Parking offences

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

6

Motorway and Clearway offences

4

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

9

4

Other offences

1

15

10

2

-

3

2

-

-

5

-

2

40

14

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

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