Motor vehicle offences proceeded against in court by type of offence, 1994 - 1999

Table 7

Type of offence

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Total offences

106,779

105,678

98,497

98,976

89,150

85,715

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

1,430

1,418

1,434

1,478

1,183

1,145

Careless driving

6,876

7,152

6,925

6,642

5,528

4,841

Drunk Driving of which:

9,622

10,053

10,555

11,105

9,310

8,893

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

187

375

635

720

508

533

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

47

29

55

76

124

77

Driving with excess blood alcohol

6,863

6,971

7,244

7,734

6,673

6,340

In charge with excess blood alcohol

297

400

322

300

362

313

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

1,131

1,159

1,038

983

686

672

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

1,097

1,119

1,261

1,292

957

958

Failing to stop after accident

4,204

4,186

4,330

4,290

4,143

3,714

Driving while disqualified

3,927

3,891

3,839

3,848

3,554

3,464

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

11,073

9,006

6,791

6,774

6,920

7,839

Other speeding offences

6,238

6,733

6,490

5,990

6,075

6,986

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

2,387

3,343

2,393

2,400

2,002

1,856

Pedestrian crossing offences

765

652

668

584

426

270

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

1,584

1,614

1,561

1,881

1,807

1,471

Construction & use regulations

5,345

5,703

5,203

5,348

4,415

3,909

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

6,364

4,454

4,732

5,910

6,178

4,920

No test certificate

7,123

7,526

6,879

6,730

5,045

4,717

Driving licence offences

7,904

8,489

8,531

8,282

7,160

7,058

Third party insurance offences

21,067

21,665

20,475

19,549

17,174

16,344

Registration/identification offences

921

915

479

541

411

645

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

335

376

258

231

202

193

Tachograph etc offences

2,280

2,130

2,341

2,730

2,346

2,127

Seat belt offences

4,028

2,805

2,661

3,049

3,156

3,122

Parking offences

829

730

506

466

362

397

Motorway and Clearway offences

77

162

75

39

64

97

Other offences

2,400

2,675

1,371

1,109

1,689

1,707

Total persons proceeded against

71,594

69,412

63,845

64,731

58,404

57,912