Scottish Transport Statistics: No 25 - 2006 Edition

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

Type of offence

1996/97

1997/98

1998/99

1999/00

2000/01

2001/02

2002/03

2003/04

2004/05

2005/06

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

2,153

2,140

1,965

2,144

2,051

2,607

2,796

2,842

3,002

2,873

Careless driving

14,992

14,093

13,786

11,103

9,968

9,576

9,884

9,194

10,060

10,083

Drunk Driving of which:

11,771

11,118

10,581

10,904

10,758

11,476

11,838

11,571

11,061

11,257

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

926

935

948

846

799

990

940

828

769

809

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

158

189

132

113

126

121

133

151

17

102

Driving with excess blood alcohol

7,965

7,634

7,324

7,323

7,161

7,726

7,892

7,837

7,465

7,337

In charge with excess blood alcohol

277

272

249

302

349

445

488

507

548

693

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

1,263

1,032

866

966

917

881

1,014

915

941

946

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

1,182

1,056

1,062

1,354

1,406

1,313

1,371

1,333

1,321

1,370

Failing to stop after accident

9,392

9,250

9,730

9,312

8,300

7,650

7,242

7,373

8,382

8,244

Driving while disqualified

4,199

4,151

4,016

4,435

4,331

4,629

5,129

4,907

4,002

3,853

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

54,195

61,496

74,014

77,438

69,222

80,310

66,422

120,949

123,926

93,495

Other speeding offences 1

31,770

34,671

46,179

46,590

45,091

47,261

51,311

78,686

86,642

74,749

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

15,014

18,861

16,610

13,574

15,129

17,339

17,255

23,362

24,399

24,396

Pedestrian crossing offences

4,731

5,498

4,206

3,649

4,232

4,830

3,362

6,071

5,542

4,511

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

22,788

26,383

29,977

22,332

24,460

23,226

24,509

18,383

11,884

9,876

Construction & use regulations

34,064

35,948

33,845

25,662

22,385

22,286

21,957

18,811

15,138

14,056

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

22,682

23,136

20,797

20,690

23,912

20,873

20,620

19,560

12,468

11,894

No test certificate

12,360

11,887

11,924

13,245

13,182

15,033

14,931

14,082

9,668

9,007

Driving licence offences

11,619

11,573

12,422

14,332

13,780

16,627

18,377

18,872

15,940

15,288

Third party insurance offences

22,623

21,712

22,117

24,528

24,584

28,365

30,512

30,314

25,202

25,140

Registration/identification offences

4,828

4,841

4,700

3,460

3,483

3,175

3,372

3,536

3,814

3,866

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

693

367

394

468

537

534

615

761

656

728

Tachograph etc offences

4,458

8,773

7,515

4,010

3,734

3,966

3,085

3,288

2,405

1,894

Seat belt offences

24,092

30,613

39,083

34,900

37,235

38,270

31,012

28,123

29,653

27,308

Parking offences

805

951

789

348

672

449

601

587

511

419

Other offences

1,847

2,119

2,519

4,337

3,090

4,092

3,152

5,386

14,325

21,388

Total offences

311,076

339,581

367,169

347,461

340,136

362,574

347,982

426,658

418,680

374,325

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

Page updated: Friday, December 15, 2006