Data held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the number of cautions, prosecutions, and convictions for the number of cyclists being under the influence of drugs and alcohol, in England and Wales, 2000 to 2004 can be found in the following tables. It is not possible to separately identify the number of cyclists cautioned, prosecuted, or convicted, while under the influence of either drink or drugs.
A regulation prohibiting the use of mobile phones while driving came into force on 1 December 2003. The regulation does not apply to cyclists, although the police have powers to deal with careless or dangerous cycling.
The number of cyclists cautioned, proceeded against and convicted for cycling dangerously can be found in the following tables.
It is not possible to identify cases where people have been charged, as this information is not held centrally by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. While the Home Office does collect data on those recorded crime offences which are dealt with by means of a charge or summons, the offences asked for in this PQ are summary and do not form part of the recorded crime series.
Cautions Statute Offence description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Road Traffic Act 1988 section 28 Dangerous riding by pedal cyclist 9 4 2 7 3 Road Traffic Act 1988 section 30 Pedal cyclist riding under the influence of drink or drugs 20 9 10 7 14 Total 29 13 12 14 17
Statute Offence description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Road Traffic Act 1988 section 28 Dangerous riding by pedal cyclist 29 30 27 21 37 Road Traffic Act 1988 section 30 Pedal cyclist riding under the influence of drink or drugs 70 46 44 55 45 Total 99 76 71 76 82
Statute Offence description 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Road Traffic Act 1988 section 28 Dangerous riding by pedal cyclist 23 19 18 18 32 Road Traffic Act 1988 section 30 Pedal cyclist riding under the influence of drink or drugs 58 38 38 43 40 Total 81 57 56 61 72 1 These data are provided on the principal offence basis. 2 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. 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. 3 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform.
Information on drivers charged with motoring offences is not collected centrally.
Available data on written warnings (including cautions) and prosecutions for noise offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regs. 54-58, 97-99 combined, from 2000 to 2004 (latest available), are provided in the following tables.
2005 data will be available early in 2007.
Number of offences 2000 158 2001 148 2002 153 2003 99 2004 71 1 Includes cautions for the offence. 2 Offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regs. 54-58 and 97-99.
Number of offences Total proceedings Total findings of guilt 2000 4,616 3,334 2001 3,688 2,636 2002 3,221 2,272 2003 2,653 1,807 2004 2,048 1,479 1 Offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regs. 54-58 and 97-99. Note: 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.
It is not possible to identify the number of cyclists cautioned for traffic light offences in England and Wales, as this offence is grouped with a range of other cycling offences and cannot be separated.
The number of cyclists cautioned, or prosecuted, for cycling without lights can be found in the following table.
It is not possible to identify cases where people have been charged, as this information is not held centrally by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. Whilst the Home Office does collect data on those recorded crime offences which are dealt with by means of a charge or summons, the offences asked for in this PQ are summary and do not form part of the recorded crime series.
Court proceedings data for 2005 will be available in November 2006.
Cautions Prosecutions4 1997 406 412 1998 398 624 1999 330 459 2000 143 274 2001 61 179 2002 39 180 2003 25 213 2004 77 175 1 Includes the following statute and offence description: Road Traffic Act 1988 Sec 81(2). Road Vehicle Lighting Regs1989. Pedal cycle lighting and reflector offences (RVL Regs 1984). Offences in respect of pedal cycles. 2 These data are provided on the principal offence basis. 3 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. 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. 4 Staffordshire police force were only able to submit sample data for persons proceeded against and convicted in the magistrates courts for the year 2000. Although sufficient to estimate higher orders of data, these data are not robust enough at a detailed level and have been excluded from the table. Source: RDS Office for Criminal Justice Reform