Motoring offences - Statistics

Motoring offences - Statistics

Author
Discussion

agtlaw

Original Poster:

6,680 posts

205 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
"The number of prosecutions for all motoring offences has increased by 4.5% over the last year, from 566,000 in 2013 to 591,000 in 2014.

The largest increases were seen in speed limit offences (a 26% increase in prosecutions from 127,000 in 2013 to 159,000 in 2014) and vehicle insurance offences (an 8% increase in prosecutions from 134,000 in 2013 to 144,000 in 2014).

Most other offences saw decreases. The offence group with the largest decline was vehicle registration and excise licence offences, which fell by 16%, from 71,000 in 2013 to 60,000 in 2014. Drink-driving, careless driving, using a mobile phone whilst driving and driving licence offences also all saw decreases.

The majority of the most serious motoring offences saw decreasing prosecutions over the last year, but causing death by dangerous driving saw an increase from 144 prosecutions in 2013 to 176 in 2014, reversing the decreasing trend observed since 2007. Causing death by careless driving saw a decrease from 234 in 2013 to 205 in 2014.

Prosecutions for causing serious injury by dangerous driving (introduced as an offence for the first time in December 2012) more than doubled, from 92 prosecutions in 2013 to 212 in 2014.

Overall, the custody rate for all motoring offences remained stable at around 1% from 2013 to 2014, although it increased slightly for causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs (93% to 96%), causing death by careless driving (28% to 30%) and causing serious injury by dangerous driving (64% to 73%).

The use of fines as a sentence outcome increased from 93% to 94% of principal disposals from 2013 to 2014.

The total number of offenders disqualified continued to decrease from 65,000 in 2013 to 58,000 in 2014, but the total number of offenders endorsed without disqualification (i.e. receiving points only) increased for the first time since 2009, from 291,000 in 2013 to 311,000 in 2014, an increase of 7%."

21.5.2015
Ministry of Justice

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
Interesting figures. Automated detections increase sharply. Hardly surprising, and likely to continue. Drink driving falls, does that represent less happening or less enforcement?

Moonhawk

10,730 posts

218 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
Speeding one isn't really a surprise. More cameras means more chances to detect speeding - couple this with ever decreasing limits (some of which are likely to be too low) may result in people not respecting those limits.

herewego

8,814 posts

212 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
I'm staggered that there almost as many insurance offences as speeding.

ging84

8,829 posts

145 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
herewego said:
I'm staggered that there almost as many insurance offences as speeding.
I suspect these figures ignore fixed penalties which makes them fairly meaningless

flemke

22,864 posts

236 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
ging84 said:
herewego said:
I'm staggered that there almost as many insurance offences as speeding.
I suspect these figures ignore fixed penalties which makes them fairly meaningless
Why would they "ignore" (exclude) FPNs?

confused

RogueTrooper

882 posts

170 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
flemke said:
Why would they "ignore" (exclude) FPNs?

confused
A FPN is usually an alternative to prosecution.

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
ging84 said:
I suspect these figures ignore fixed penalties which makes them fairly meaningless
About 800,000 excess speed FPN, and 700,000 for non speeding motoring offences in 2011.

ging84

8,829 posts

145 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
eldar said:
About 800,000 excess speed FPN, and 700,000 for non speeding motoring offences in 2011.
and another 700,000+ speed awareness courses

grumpy52

5,565 posts

165 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
Any argument that speed cameras are nothing more money makers is re -inforced by the fact that more and more are being caught , the concept was to slow people down , this clearly hasn't worked .

ging84

8,829 posts

145 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
grumpy52 said:
Any argument that speed cameras are nothing more money makers is re -inforced by the fact that more and more are being caught , the concept was to slow people down , this clearly hasn't worked .
except there were nearly 2 million fixed penalties for speeding and over a million for other offences every year from 2003-2006

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
ging84 said:
except there were nearly 2 million fixed penalties for speeding and over a million for other offences every year from 2003-2006
So, in 12 years they appear to be ineffective at curbing speed, but effective at raising some £2 billion pounds. Something of a golden goose.

agtlaw

Original Poster:

6,680 posts

205 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
Surprisingly low number of speeding prosecutions. We have about 330 magistrates' courts in E&W. If they sit for 235 days then that's an average of about 8 per day per court?

herewego

8,814 posts

212 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
eldar said:
ging84 said:
except there were nearly 2 million fixed penalties for speeding and over a million for other offences every year from 2003-2006
So, in 12 years they appear to be ineffective at curbing speed, but effective at raising some £2 billion pounds. Something of a golden goose.
How did you get to 2 billion?

eldar

21,614 posts

195 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
herewego said:
How did you get to 2 billion?
11 years, 3,000,000 tickets per year at £60, 1 year 3,000,000 tickets at £100.

herewego

8,814 posts

212 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
eldar said:
herewego said:
How did you get to 2 billion?
11 years, 3,000,000 tickets per year at £60, 1 year 3,000,000 tickets at £100.
smile I missed the 12.

flemke

22,864 posts

236 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
RogueTrooper said:
flemke said:
Why would they "ignore" (exclude) FPNs?

confused
A FPN is usually an alternative to prosecution.
Ah, okay. Cheers.

Is having accepted a FPN considered a "conviction"?

agtlaw

Original Poster:

6,680 posts

205 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
flemke said:
Ah, okay. Cheers.

Is having accepted a FPN considered a "conviction"?
Yes; see s. 58 RTOA 1988.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/53/sectio...


Terminator X

14,921 posts

203 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
eldar said:
Interesting figures. Automated detections increase sharply. Hardly surprising, and likely to continue. Drink driving falls, does that represent less happening or less enforcement?
Once areas become flooded with ANPR (only a matter of time) it will feel like we never had it so good as today. s!

TX.

flemke

22,864 posts

236 months

Saturday 23rd May 2015
quotequote all
agtlaw said:
flemke said:
Ah, okay. Cheers.

Is having accepted a FPN considered a "conviction"?
Yes; see s. 58 RTOA 1988.

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/53/sectio...
Thanks for clarifying that.

Not sure how one can be convicted without having been "prosecuted", but there is a lot about this country that makes no sense to my little brain.

wobble