Available information held by my Department for the Devon and Cornwall police force area and that of England, from 1980 to 2005 (latest available) is provided in the table.
Information is collected centrally at police force area level only.
Number of offences Speed limit offences1 Dangerous driving offences2 Written warnings Fixed penalty notices 3 Court proceedings 4 Written warnings Fixed penalty notices Court proceedings 5 1980 231 n/a 6,087 6— n/a 204 1981 238 n/a 5,028 2 n/a 155 1982 178 n/a 4,711 1 n/a 135 1983 133 n/a 6,264 6— n/a 125 1984 136 n/a 5,814 3 n/a 150 1985 166 n/a 4,629 8 n/a 121 1986 211 1,740 8,093 6— n/a 113 1987 57 10,493 3,472 3 n/a 135 1988 25 10,040 3,349 2 n/a 219 1989 47 14,387 4,503 2 n/a 136 1990 58 17,173 6,431 6— n/a 142 1991 66 14,447 5,936 1 n/a 156 1992 845 9,044 3,592 6— n/a 113 1993 2,752 14,041 2,013 2 n/a 136 1994 1,101 25,914 3,679 1 n/a 122 1995 503 26,078 3,810 3 n/a 113 1996 503 29,078 3,792 6— n/a 93 1997 665 36,150 4,021 6— n/a 102 1998 1,652 32,757 3,741 6— n/a 182 1999 495 33,682 4,345 2 n/a 159 2000 39 28,091 5,324 2 n/a 137 2001 10 33,389 4,661 1 n/a 157 2002 6— 31,144 4,390 6— n/a 136 2003 6— 63,916 6,961 6— n/a 173 2004 6— 91,662 6,990 6— n/a 134 2005 6— 53,474 7,665 6— n/a 116 1 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Motor Vehicles(Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 2 Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 2 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 s. 2. 3 Fixed penalty notices paid i.e. no further action. 4 Will include fixed penalty notices issued but not paid and referred to court. 5 From 1980-1997 findings of guilt at all courts, numbers of court proceedings, are not available. From 1998 onwards covers total proceedings at magistrates courts. 6 Data not available n/a = not applicable 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. 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 police forces and the courts. 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.
Number of offences Speed limit offences1 Dangerous driving offences2 Written warnings Fixed penalty notices3 Court proceedings4 Written warnings Fixed penalty notices3 Court proceedings4 1980 9,316 n/a 366,464 152 n/a 5,092 1981 7,811 n/a 311,804 100 n/a 4,877 1982 6,561 n/a 245,940 132 n/a 4,902 1983 7,498 n/a 251,291 183 n/a 4,605 1984 6,104 n/a 234,844 339 n/a 4,318 1985 6,340 n/a 230,996 205 n/a 4,364 1986 7,901 65,219 283,541 139 n/a 4,234 1987 9,592 267,024 156,574 173 n/a 4,674 1988 12,696 318,258 159,300 173 n/a 6,017 1989 10,958 381,949 156,214 151 n/a 6487 1990 12,192 421,548 156,286 184 n/a 7,107 1991 18,746 424,555 150,807 226 n/a 7,105 1992 10,842 438,928 143,323 185 n/a 6,328 1993 24,090 375,844 96,561 552 n/a 5,695 1994 23,912 454,234 101,721 289 n/a 5,645 1995 28,053 509,405 115,508 277 n/a 5,829 1996 24,188 565,091 124,541 333 n/a 5,217 1997 31,751 669,409 123,999 338 n/a 5,372 1998 24,747 730,146 154,181 246 n/a 8,785 1999 19,592 775,001 155,041 89 n/a 8,458 2000 21,981 926,760 143,625 59 n/a 8,238 2001 15,530 1,117,409 141,672 50 n/a 8,641 2002 5,209 1,383,694 133,955 31 n/a 9,759 2003 4,850 1,900,037 149,234 44 n/a 10,334 2004 6,048 1,824,892 153,478 44 n/a 9,392 2005 5,498 1,797,950 175,379 65 n/a 7,703 1 Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973. 2 Offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 2 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 s. 2. 3 Fixed penalty notices paid i.e. no further action. 4 Will include fixed penalty notices issued but not paid and referred to court. 5 From 1980-97 findings of guilt at all courts, numbers of court proceedings, are not available. From 1998 onwards covers total proceedings at magistrates courts. n/a = not applicable 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. 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 police forces and the courts. 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.