9mm said:
Why can't you observe basic standards of politeness? It's really very uncouth, unnecessary and contributes nothing to the discussion.
This took one minute to find:
98% in 2009 (see page 13, conviction rates)
http://www.matrixknowledge.co.uk/Documents/Matrix%...I'm sure there are many more sources.
I am slightly puzzled by this. My statistics come from:
http://sentencingcouncil.judiciary.gov.uk/facts/fa...This shows a conviction rate of just under 80%. I also found this:
n 2011, the Magistrates’ Courts proceeded against a total of 888,303 motoring offences, down about 12 per cent on 2010. Proceedings peaked in 2003 at 2.33 million and have since shown continued annual decreases. Of those proceeded against 78 per cent were found guilty.
Source:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/statistics/criminal-just...But here are the definitive figures:
http://www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/statistics/cri...So:
Cases going to mags courts: 1.55M
Cases withdrawn, discontinued etc: 14.25%
Cases sent to Crown Court: 6.3%
Cases found Not Guilty (dismissed): 1.3%
Cases found Guilty: 78.1%
Of these, 35.0% were motoring offences, and 86.5% of these were found guilty, 1.3% NG, and the rest dismissed.
These numbers seem pretty incontrovertible.
RR.
