Table 2: D efendants found guilty at all courts in the East of Engl and Government office r egion,( 1) for motoring offences,( 2) by offence type, from 1998 to 2007( 3, 4)
Number
Offence group
Offence type
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2
Dangerous driving
358
335
284
291
379
436
398
375
368
378
3
Driving etc., after consuming alcohol or taking drugs
7,646
7,343
6,729
7,201
7,800
8,178
8,605
8,234
8,679
8,251
4
Careless driving
4,817
4,215
4,143
3,954
3,264
2,862
2,515
3,027
2,937
4,123
5
Accident offences
727
663
706
706
744
800
789
674
746
783
7
Driving licence related offences
2,963
3,107
3,147
3,256
3,556
4,230
4,404
4,150
4,013
3,863
9
Vehicle insurance offences
13,324
12,497
12,335
12,540
13,775
15,994
16,228
16,489
17,268
15,107
10
Vehicle registration and excise licence offences
646
306
686
1,166
1,443
1,919
1,547
2,370
2,031
1,904
11
Work record and employment offences
439
415
311
276
331
269
206
208
205
136
12
Operator's licence offences
212
179
181
120
92
81
9
91
101
42
13
Vehicle test offences
3,150
2,568
2,279
1,934
1,751
1,602
1,404
1,173
1,147
861
14
Fraud, forgery etc. associated with vehicle or driver records
643
558
518
532
472
473
284
186
180
133
15
Vehicle or part in dangerous or defective condition
1,597
1,206
1,201
838
741
639
736
657
765
746
16
Speed limit offences
17,818
17,107
14,577
16,712
21,177
18,843
19,414
25,185
24,186
23,634
17
Motorway offences (other than speeding)
134
65
87
109
113
159
150
215
153
161
18
Neglect of traffic directions
3,341
2,510
2,769
2,605
1,987
2,134
2,002
2,376
2,490
2,353
8 Dec 2009 : Column 265W
8 Dec 2009 : Column 266W
19
Neglect of pedestrian rights
383
315
286
207
189
152
148
135
119
161
20
Obstruction, waiting and parking offences
1,394
1,367
1,185
921
1,024
859
625
562
500
517
21
Lighting offences
423
321
277
191
204
180
217
172
209
186
22
Noise offences
192
147
106
77
78
66
54
42
48
37
23
Load offences
1,337
1,137
833
650
640
924
817
813
833
550
24
Offences peculiar to motor cycles
34
29
41
40
29
21
33
34
23
15
25
Miscellaneous motoring offences
2,242
3,307
2,075
2,548
3,125
4,455
5,504
5,800
4,063
5,565
Total
63,820
59,697
54,756
56,874
62,914
65,276
66,179
72,968
71,064
69,506
(1) Includes Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk police force areas. (2) Offence groups are shown only where data have been reported within the period given. (3) The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe. (4) 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. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services-Ministry of Justice.
