Statistical Bulletin Crime and Justice Series: Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts, 2006/07

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07


Table 21: Motor vehicle offences recorded by the police by type of offence, 1996/97 and 2002/03-2006/07

Type of offence

1997/98

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

% change
05/06-06/07

Total Offences

339,581

354,559

434,913

424,262

380,397

375,033

-1

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

2,140

2,796

2,842

3,002

2,873

3,044

6

Careless driving

14,093

9,884

9,194

10,060

10,083

10,557

5

Drunk Driving of which:

11,118

11,838

11,571

11,061

11,257

11,704

4

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

935

940

828

769

809

761

-6

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

189

133

151

17

102

111

9

Driving with excess blood alcohol

7,634

7,892

7,837

7,465

7,337

7,652

4

In charge with excess blood alcohol

272

488

507

548

693

754

9

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

1,032

1,014

915

941

946

1,041

10

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

1,056

1,371

1,333

1,321

1,370

1,385

1

Failing to stop after accident

9,250

7,242

7,373

8,382

8,244

7,225

-12

Driving while disqualified

4,151

5,129

4,907

4,002

3,853

3,676

-5

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

61,496

66,422

120,949

123,926

93,495

70,758

-24

Other speeding and related offences (1)

34,671

51,311

78,686

86,642

74,749

93,068

25

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

18,861

17,255

23,362

24,399

24,396

22,911

-6

Pedestrian crossing offences

5,498

3,362

6,071

5,542

4,511

3,767

-16

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

26,383

24,509

18,383

11,884

9,876

8,134

-18

Construction & use regulations

35,948

21,957

18,811

15,138

14,056

13,036

-7

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

23,136

27,197

27,815

18,050

17,966

17,699

-1

No test certificate

11,887

14,931

14,082

9,668

9,007

8,399

-7

Driving licence offences

11,573

18,377

18,872

15,940

15,288

14,232

-7

Third party insurance offences

21,712

30,512

30,314

25,202

25,140

25,228

0

Registration/identification offences

4,841

3,372

3,536

3,814

3,866

3,824

-1

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

367

615

761

656

728

852

17

Tachograph etc offences

8,773

3,085

3,288

2,405

1,894

2,603

37

Seat belt offences

30,613

31,012

28,123

29,653

27,308

28,859

6

Parking offences

951

601

587

511

419

2,321

454

Other offences 2

2,119

3,152

5,386

14,325

21,388

23,136

8

1 Includes other speeding, clearway and motorway offences
2 Includes the offence of driving while using a mobile phone, introduced in December 2003.

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