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Publication - Statistics

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

Published
3 June 2008
Part of
Law and order
ISBN
ISBN97807559

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07

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Table 27: Disqualification period by type of offence and length of disqualification, 2006/07

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
disqual-
ification
(months) (1)

Total offences

959

4,137

6,782

2,834

2,243

1,940

1,440

446

69

437

104

69

21,460

20

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

15

24

306

94

121

83

74

20

3

281

7

5

1,033

24

Careless driving

100

252

170

14

21

10

3

-

-

21

2

1

594

9

Drunk Driving of which:

27

93

3,410

2,156

980

1,016

639

95

11

64

17

11

8,519

19

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

1

-

171

69

51

73

33

4

1

3

2

2

410

23

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

1

4

21

9

2

3

1

2

-

2

-

1

46

18

Driving with excess blood alcohol

4

4

2,669

1,865

837

759

513

70

9

46

13

2

6,791

22

In charge with excess blood alcohol

13

63

126

39

21

42

10

3

-

1

2

3

323

17

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

4

10

32

8

5

5

2

1

-

-

-

1

68

16

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

4

12

391

166

64

134

80

15

1

12

-

2

881

23

Failing to stop after accident

31

84

101

16

15

8

-

2

-

7

-

1

265

11

Driving while disqualified

14

80

453

168

500

523

581

262

42

45

67

15

2,750

40

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

21

124

1

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

149

6

Other speeding offences (2)

430

678

29

-

-

1

-

-

-

1

-

2

1,141

5

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

3

45

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

49

6

Pedestrian crossing offences

-

14

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

14

6

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

9

Construction & use regulations

2

19

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

25

7

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

6

No test certificate

1

16

5

1

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

24

9

Driving licence offences

48

278

228

44

64

21

7

3

-

1

-

9

703

12

Third party insurance offences

264

2,416

2,060

338

537

276

136

64

13

15

11

23

6,153

14

Registration/identification offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

2

5

1

1

3

1

-

-

-

1

-

-

14

13

Tachograph etc offences

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

6

Seat belt offences

-

1

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

3

8

Mobile phone offences

-

2

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

Parking offences

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

6

Other offences

1

3

12

1

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

18

-

1 Excludes disqualifications for life, until driving test has been taken again and for which no separate figure was available.
2 Includes motorway and clearway offences.

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