Available information taken from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform for the year 2004 (latest available) is given in the table. As the majority of ‘use of hand-held mobile phone while driving’ offences are dealt with by the issue of a fixed penalty notice these are also included.
2005 data will be available in 2007.
Number of offences Police force area Fixed penalty notices issued Total court proceedings2 Total dealt with Avon and Somerset 1,902 19 1,921 Bedfordshire 579 5 584 Cambridgeshire 219 7 226 Cheshire 2,689 2 2,691 Cleveland 1,066 4 1,070 Cumbria 528 24 552 Derbyshire 978 17 995 Devon and Cornwall 796 19 815 Dorset 521 3— 521 Durham 504 1 505 Essex 2,431 28 2,459 Gloucestershire 632 1 633 Greater Manchester 8,166 73 8,239 Hampshire 2,032 18 2,050 Hertfordshire 2,526 6 2,532 Humberside 381 4 385 Kent 1,707 3— 1,707 Lancashire 1,719 17 1,736 Leicestershire 759 12 771 Lincolnshire 1,529 9 1,538 London, City of 137 7 144 Merseyside 1,836 22 1,858 Metropolitan Police 13,581 203 13,784 Norfolk 887 20 907 Northamptonshire 297 3— 297 Northumbria 1,271 32 1,303 North Yorkshire 720 18 738 Nottinghamshire 653 8 661 South Yorkshire 1,978 12 1,990 Staffordshire 264 11 275 Suffolk 978 7 985 Surrey 2,213 9 2,222 Sussex 546 1 547 Thames Valley 3,716 24 3,740 Warwickshire 621 7 628 West Mercia 2,200 17 2,217 West Midlands 3,864 61 3,925 West Yorkshire 2,368 11 2,379 Wiltshire 700 21 721 Dyfed Powys 363 13 376 Gwent 517 3— 517 North Wales 999 3 1,002 South Wales 1,603 16 1,619 England and Wales 73,976 789 74,765 1 Offences under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, Regulations 110 (1), 110 (2) and 110 (3). 2 Includes cases where fixed penalty notices were originally issued but not paid and subsequently referred to court. 3 Nil prosecutions. 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.
Information on the number of hit and run incidents that have led to court proceedings is not collected centrally.
Available information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and given in the table shows the number of offenders found guilty at all courts for the offence of “failing to stop after an accident” under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 170 (4) from 1997 to 2004 (latest available). The data does not distinguish those offences which resulted in injury from those which resulted in damage or both.
2005 data will be available in 2007.
Number of persons Forces 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Avon and Somerset 227 188 185 158 165 86 88 94 Bedfordshire 47 59 68 72 66 64 62 56 Cambridgeshire 78 76 79 71 50 58 69 79 Cheshire 136 158 168 181 150 175 197 181 Cleveland 62 51 48 40 35 46 45 46 Cumbria 100 66 77 84 84 83 98 93 Derbyshire 121 94 112 109 110 109 122 118 Devon and Cornwall 157 109 106 91 118 139 154 267 Dorset 112 97 71 68 80 57 87 58 Durham 43 48 60 37 62 58 56 52 Essex 232 248 222 274 276 295 302 295 Gloucestershire 62 79 64 63 78 72 84 63 Greater Manchester 444 447 469 442 470 465 423 486 Hampshire 188 176 182 177 188 195 200 168 Hertfordshire 126 108 101 127 108 136 144 122 Humberside 141 127 113 107 146 126 150 107 Kent 139 97 68 84 83 103 90 138 Lancashire 154 150 132 125 135 93 135 112 Leicestershire 124 95 104 94 108 79 105 99 Lincolnshire 64 47 59 47 67 67 73 74 London, City of 11 12 21 8 11 5 7 8 Merseyside 174 163 83 120 151 130 210 239 Metropolitan police 613 584 558 455 418 432 383 316 Norfolk 143 157 128 109 118 127 123 132 Northamptonshire 95 84 69 53 24 12 55 80 Northumbria 117 117 110 148 139 146 141 151 North Yorkshire 137 113 117 85 111 108 101 101 Nottinghamshire 151 165 124 142 130 127 142 125 South Yorkshire 153 153 152 184 197 169 197 170 Staffordshire 148 116 69 37 71 72 103 130 Suffolk 96 79 65 53 88 64 81 87 Surrey 56 65 134 91 104 75 84 57 Sussex 187 153 147 127 96 86 103 84 Thames Valley 167 135 142 114 170 174 144 164 Warwickshire 57 57 64 61 61 48 55 67 West Mercia 160 141 166 131 167 203 205 231 West Midlands 447 462 434 418 385 406 361 360 West Yorkshire 266 292 282 261 282 279 243 282 Wiltshire 67 71 53 59 81 73 66 75 Dyfed Powys 61 46 44 56 46 48 54 64 Gwent 57 72 56 63 53 46 46 38 North Wales 97 109 92 67 76 103 88 127 South Wales 157 172 154 150 136 152 161 179 Total 6,374 6,038 5,752 5,443 5,694 5,591 5,837 5,975 1 Aiding, abetting, causing or permitting accident offences under the RTA88 s. 170(4). 2 These data are on the principal offence basis. Notes: 1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings, in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system currently being implemented by the Department for Constitutional Affairs reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated. 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 forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when these data are used.
International research has confirmed our belief that no existing device is suitable to be type approved for the conduct of roadside drug tests under the Road Traffic Act. The Home Office Scientific Development Branch and Forensic Science Service are preparing a detailed specification for a device that would be suitable for type approval and this should issued shortly. It will then be for manufacturers to prepare a device in accordance with this specification and submit it for the rigorous testing that forms part of the type approval process.
The information requested is not collected centrally and can be provided only at disproportionate cost.