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

Published: 3 June 2008
Topic: Law and order
ISBN: ISBN97807559

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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