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Breath Test and Motoring Offences
Statistics
Watching Top Gear this week with our Jeremy Clarkson quizzing the
minister I think a look at 2003 Motoring Offence and Breath Test
Statistics would have helped him ask the minister a few pertinent
questions to ascertain if motorists were being targeted a table
of motoring offences for the last eleven years are included in the
report four years of them are reproduced below ,these show what
action was taken on motoring offences the main thing that stands
out is that although vehicle numbers have risen by 20% over the
thirteen year period offences have increased by 98% and in the last
four years vehicles up by 2,000,000 and offences by 3,500,000 what
does this tell us about motoring today The report was compiled for
the Home Office by Ransford Fiti, Dave Perry & Liza Murray
Click here for full report
MAIN POINTS
Motoring offences
• The number of motoring offences dealt with by official police
action or penalty charge notice in 2003 was 13.2 million, up 15
per cent on 2002 and the highest number recorded
• The number of offences dealt with by motoring fixed penalty
notice issued by the police (including traffic wardens) in 2003
was 3.6 million, up 27 per cent on 2002. In addition 7.1 million
penalty charge notices were issued by local authority parking attendants
in 2003, up 11 per cent
• There were 2.3 million court proceedings for motoring offences
during 2003, up nine per cent on 2002
• Cameras provided evidence for 1.9 million offences dealt
with in 2003. Overall these cameras provided evidence for 93 per
cent of speeding offences dealt with Breath tests
• 534,000 screening breath tests were carried out during 2003,
six per cent fewer than in 2002
• The number of positive or refused tests in 2003 rose by three
per cent from 103,000 in 2002 to 106,000 in 2003
NUMBER OF OFFENCES DEALT WITH
Table of Offences relating to motor vehicles: summary of
action taken in England and Wales
| |
Type
of action |
| Year |
Written Warnings |
VDRS notice |
Fixed Penalty Notice |
Penalty Charge Notice |
Court Proceedings |
Total |
Vehicles currently licensed |
| 2000 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
3.0 |
4.7 |
2.1 |
9.9 |
26.2 |
| 2001 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
2.9 |
5.3 |
2.0 |
10.4 |
27.0 |
| 2002 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
2.9 |
6.4 |
2.1 |
11.5 |
27.7 |
| 2003 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
3.6 |
7.1 |
2.3 |
13.2 |
28.2 |
Figures in millions
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