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Road Traffic Offences: Lancashire

Volume 477: debated on Tuesday 17 June 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions for road traffic offences of (i) failing to stop and failing to report an accident and (ii) driving without due care and attention there were in Lancashire in each of the last five years. (210906)

[holding answer 13 June 2008]: Available information held by the Ministry of Justice, from 2002 to 2006 which is the latest available, is provided in tables A and B.

2007 data should be available by the end of 2008.

Table A: Proceedings at magistrates courts and findings of guilt at all courts for accident offences1, within Lancashire police force area, 2002-06

Number of offences

Number of prosecutions

Number of convictions

2002

578

328

2003

704

404

2004

625

377

2005

570

369

2006

506

334

1 Offences under s. 170 (4) and (7) of the Road Traffic Act 1988

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 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.

Table B: Proceedings at magistrates courts and findings of guilt at all courts for driving without due care and attention1, within Lancashire police force area, 2002-06

Number of offences

Number of prosecutions

Number of convictions

2002

1,144

756

2003

1,074

718

2004

830

559

2005

670

493

2006

704

549

1 Offences under s. 3 of the Road Traffic Act 1988

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 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.