Data for prosecutions for not wearing a seatbelt include both drivers and passengers. Table 1 provides the number of prosecutions for the offences of failing to wear a seatbelt and carrying a child under 14 years without a seatbelt.
Data covers the calendar years 2000 to 2004, the latter being the most up-to-date available at present. It should be noted that data are collated on the principal offence rule, thus only the most serious offence with which an offender is charged is included.
Failure to wear seatbelt2 Carrying child under 14 years without a seatbelt3 Total 2000 38 5 43 2001 54 4 58 2002 47 3 50 2003 49 8 57 2004 68 10 78 1 Data for 2004 are provisional. 2 Prosecution data cannot be disaggregated for drivers and passengers and the figures for ‘failing to wear seatbelt’ include both these categories. 3 Includes ‘carrying child under 14 years without seatbelt (front)’ and ‘carrying child under 14 years without seatbelt (rear)’.