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

Criminal Proceedings in Scottish Courts 2006-07


Table 22: Police conditional offers for moving vehicle offences by type of offence 1, 1997-2006/07

Type of offence

1997

1998

1999 5

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004/05

2005/06

2006/07

Total

123,614

152,332

168,198

159,782

175,184

161,360

231,163

280,900

240,609

223,474

Speeding (restricted areas):

43,375

53,009

65,473

59,153

65,427

63,682

99,242

110,460

82,499

56,294

Automatic Detection 2,3

15,664

14,120

28,319

30,217

42,974

42,298

78,557

73,568

51,989

40,829

Other 2,2

27,711

38,889

37,154

28,936

22,453

21,384

20,685

36,892

30,510

15,465

Speeding (other):

25,791

36,083

39,006

42,808

37,122

41,115

65,771

82,780

74,284

85,398

Automatic Detection 2,3

11,481

16,403

20,526

22,511

22,881

27,774

53,782

62,222

44,489

59,174

Other 2,3

14,310

19,680

18,480

20,297

14,241

13,341

11,989

20,558

29,795

26,224

Traffic direction offences:

14,746

14,602

12,002

12,416

14,234

16,271

19,437

23,514

25,015

20,117

Automatic Detection 2

1,485

1,815

1,782

1,871

3,521

2,696

8,499

9,636

11,643

12,046

Other 2

13,261

12,787

10,220

10,545

10,713

13,575

10,938

13,878

13,372

8,071

Other offences 4

39,072

48,638

43,771

45,405

51,920

40,292

46,713

64,146

58,811

61,665

1 Includes estimated data. Totals may not sum to constituent parts due to missing data
2 During 1997 and 1998 the automatic detection system in Tayside was not operational.
3 The split into automatic detection and other is estimated for Central from April 1997 to December 2000. Central and Northern included in subtotals for 2001 and 2002, but not in the breakdown into automatic detection and other categories.
4 Other offences include construction and use, driving licence, vehicle excise licence, parking, motorway traffic, seat belt and other motor vehicle offences. The figure for 2006/07 includes an estimated 19,954 offences of driving while using a mobile telephone.
5 The total includes 7,946 offers in Central which could not be broken down by offence type.

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