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Table B2: 10 most common motoring offences proceeded against at the magistrates courts by result at all courts, sex and age-group for England and Wales police force area, 2007
Number of persons
			Males
		Persons	Aged 10-17				Aged 18 and over
No	Offence description	Total proceedings	Total proceedings	Total findings of guilt	Fined	Immediate custody	Total proceedings	Total findings of guilt	Fined	Immediate custody
1	Using motor vehicles uninsured against third party risks	299,419	12,101	10,369	3,717	—	255,132	197,140	152,601	—
2	Driving, or causing or permitting another person to drive other than in accordance with licence	181,940	9,975	8,361	1,540	—	152,015	109,384	64,922	—
3	Speed limit offences	177,593	534	468	377	—	143,058	109,685	118,083	—
4	Vehicle test offences	125,596	2,518	2,518	241	—	109,562	119,509	27,273	—
5	Motor vehicle licence - failing to pay appropriate duty	90,028	102	40	25	—	72,463	63,477	62,340	—
6	Other miscellaneous motoring offences(1)	78,051	180	119	54	—	61,630	41,345	37,872	—
7	Driving with alcohol in the blood above the prescribed limit	77,834	1,358	1,303	198	—	66,248	63,693	46,514	2,849
8	Other vehicle insurance offences (except forgery etc)(2)	46,220	616	127	34	43	40,546	14,324	3,032	—
9	Failing to produce driving licence	36,145	468	120	28	—	31,877	15,846	5,969	—
10	Driving whilst disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence	34,579	1,457	1,292	21	391	31,501	28,743	1,783	10,099

Number of offences
		Females
		Aged 10-17				Aged 18 & over
No	Offence description	Total proceedings	Total findings of guilt	Fined	Immediate custody	Total proceedings	Total findings of guilt	Fined	Immediate custody
1	Using motor vehicles uninsured against third party risks	520	452	167	—	31,666	24,771	21,207	—
2	Driving, or causing or permitting another person to drive other than in accordance with licence	467	397	79	—	19,483	14,268	8,537	—
3	Speed limit offences	23	19	17	—	33,978	28,568	28,356	—
4	Vehicle test offences	84	84	8	—	13,432	13,435	3,393	—
5	Motor vehicle licence - failing to pay appropriate duty	6	3	2	—	17,457	15,205	14,919	—
6	Other miscellaneous motoring offences(1)	8	5	4	—	16,233	10,251	8,995	—
7	Driving with alcohol in the blood above the prescribed limit	119	115	6	—	10,109	9,774	7,566	100
8	Other vehicle insurance offences (except forgery etc)(2)	22	1	—	—	5,036	1,561	272	—
9	Failing to produce driving licence	10	1	—	—	3,790	1,883	693	—
10	Driving whilst disqualified from holding or obtaining a licence	27	23	1	2	1,594	1,502	148	280
— = Nil. (1) Includes offences under SS 13(1), 17(2), 18(4), 34(1), 71(1), 75(5), 76(1), 76(3), 83, 123(4), 135, 177 & Sch 1(6) of the Road Traffic Act 1988; SS 3(1)(a) & (b) of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972; SS 35A(2),47(1), 47(3), 104, 112(4), 117 & Sch 12 Para 3(5) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1994; Regs 3, 9, 22, 33, 83, 86 & 89 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986; Regs 7, 8, 23 27 & 28 of the End-of-Life Vehicle Regulations 2003; and S4BD of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970. (2) Includes offences under SS147, 154(2), 165(3), 170(7) & 171(2); and the Motor Vehicles (Third Party Risks) Regulations 1972. Notes: 1. A person appearing in court can be dealt with for more than one offence at that appearance. The table shows the number of offences dealt with and not the number of persons appearing in court. 2. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences are less than complete. 3. Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

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