Type of offence

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

2,126

2,517

1,955

2,148

2,129

2,032

2,112

Careless driving

17,825

18,571

16,774

15,199

14,190

13,733

11,852

Drunk Driving of which:

10,905

10,835

10,719

11,796

11,208

10,563

10,821

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

282

336

597

921

899

987

825

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

61

129

113

112

225

131

111

Driving with excess blood alcohol

7,632

7,586

7,450

7,987

7,686

7,246

7,397

In charge with excess blood alcohol

266

285

248

277

274

265

277

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

1,508

1,314

1,217

1,311

1,043

899

932

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

1,156

1,185

1,094

1,188

1,081

1,035

1,279

Failing to stop after accident

10,703

10,635

10,048

9,405

9,356

9,594

9,150

Driving while disqualified

4,310

4,741

4,287

4,318

4,176

3,940

4,366

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

57,405

56,817

55,827

50,373

60,581

72,238

76,856

Other speeding offences

27,993

28,982

29,314

31,982

31,341

43,277

48,480

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

12,811

14,235

16,272

15,558

17,367

17,435

14,604

Pedestrian crossing offences

5,313

5,076

4,709

4,977

5,164

4,485

4,030

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

20,803

23,802

22,599

20,746

24,902

29,375

24,254

Construction & use regulations

30,584

33,141

33,722

32,705

35,234

34,176

28,659

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

26,230

25,787

25,542

23,056

23,816

21,119

19,956

No test certificate

13,949

14,622

13,535

12,540

12,381

11,769

12,589

Driving licence offences

13,138

13,479

12,336

11,850

11,688

12,079

13,656

Third party insurance offences

25,103

26,218

23,878

22,947

22,234

21,788

23,484

Registration/identification offences

3,096

3,805

3,838

4,412

4,835

4,802

3,795

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

662

653

825

858

368

391

455

Tachograph etc offences

4,528

9,130

8,668

3,525

8,415

7,746

4,429

Seat belt offences

23,817

24,588

19,491

24,712

28,251

37,510

35,263

Parking offences

1,393

885

905

775

878

908

476

Motorway and Clearway offences

512

404

315

348

455

527

476

Other offences

1,913

1,801

1,942

1,672

2,014

2,586

3,642

Total offences

315,119

330,724

317,501

305,902

330,983

362,073

353,405