Scottish Transport Statistics No 29: 2010 Edition

Has figures on (e.g.) road vehicles, traffic, accidents, bus and rail passengers, road and rail freight, air and water transport, finance, personal travel and international comparisons.


Table 1.22 Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence

Type of offence

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

2007/08

2008/09

2009/10

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

2,051

2,607

2,796

2,842

3,002

2,873

3,044

2,898

2,780

2,567

Careless driving

9,968

9,576

9,884

9,194

10,060

10,083

10,557

10,066

8,739

8,506

Drunk Driving of which:

10,758

11,476

11,838

11,571

11,061

11,257

11,704

10,697

9,800

8,504

Driving while unfit through drink/drugs

799

990

940

828

769

809

761

651

547

488

In charge while unfit through drink/drugs

126

121

133

151

17

102

111

107

88

78

Driving with excess blood alcohol

7,161

7,726

7,892

7,837

7,465

7,337

7,652

7,177

6,774

5,840

In charge with excess blood alcohol

349

445

488

507

548

693

754

640

566

471

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

917

881

1,014

915

941

946

1,041

931

779

643

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

1,406

1,313

1,371

1,333

1,321

1,370

1,385

1,191

1,046

984

Failing to stop after accident

8,300

7,650

7,242

7,373

8,382

8,244

7,225

6,769

6,881

6,552

Driving while disqualified

4,331

4,629

5,129

4,907

4,002

3,853

3,676

3,075

2,659

2,048

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

69,222

80,310

66,422

120,949

123,926

93,495

70,758

65,420

52,146

50,788

Other speeding offences 1

45,091

47,261

51,311

78,686

86,642

74,749

93,068

72,956

65,984

63,438

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

15,129

17,339

17,255

23,362

24,399

24,396

22,911

24,477

26,995

31,281

Pedestrian crossing offences

4,232

4,830

3,362

6,071

5,542

4,511

3,767

3,120

3,499

4,137

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

24,460

23,226

24,509

18,383

11,884

9,876

8,134

9,009

11,638

12,791

Construction & use regulations

22,385

22,286

21,957

18,811

15,138

14,056

13,036

13,319

13,965

13,875

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

24,991

26,758

27,197

27,815

18,050

17,966

17,699

17,954

15,654

14,688

No test certificate

13,182

15,033

14,931

14,082

9,668

9,007

8,399

10,264

10,892

11,131

Driving licence offences

13,780

16,627

18,377

18,872

15,940

15,288

14,232

12,205

10,861

9,127

Third party insurance offences

24,584

28,365

30,512

30,314

25,202

25,140

25,228

24,093

23,266

20,868

Registration/identification offences

3,483

3,175

3,372

3,536

3,814

3,866

3,824

6,064

5,222

5,397

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

537

534

615

761

656

728

852

1,088

1,082

1,452

Tachograph etc offences

3,734

3,966

3,085

3,288

2,405

1,894

2,603

3,954

5,440

3,779

Seat belt offences

37,235

38,270

31,012

28,123

29,653

27,308

28,859

26,917

27,053

30,280

Parking offences

672

449

601

587

511

419

2,321

2,251

2,467

2,289

Other offences

3,090

4,092

3,152

5,386

14,325

21,388

23,136

21,216

26,447

29,197

Total offences

341,215

368,459

354,559

434,913

424,262

380,397

375,033

347,812

333,470

332,695

1. Includes motorway and clearway offences, which previously appeared as a separate category under Other offences.

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