The number of disqualifications imposed at all courts in the Bedfordshire police force area, the East of England Government office region and England for driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs, speed limit offences, dangerous and careless driving offences, is given in Tables 1, 2 and 3 from 1998 to 2007 (latest available).
There is no specific offence of reckless driving, thus information included in the table is for offences of dangerous and careless driving.
Court proceedings data are not available at parliamentary constituency level.
Data for 2008 are planned for publication on 28 January 2010.
number of offences Offence type 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Dangerous driving 35 36 32 37 41 71 48 64 70 61 Driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs 993 820 756 857 899 1,013 1,016 987 1,073 994 Careless driving 17 13 22 42 34 37 28 34 47 48 Speed limit offences 158 121 126 138 117 289 238 441 355 258 Total 1,203 990 936 1,074 1,091 1,410 1,330 1,526 1,545 1,361 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. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.
number of offences Offence type 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 Dangerous driving 373 376 322 333 422 555 485 469 452 461 Driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs 7,732 7,553 6,933 7,391 8,038 8,406 8,860 8,544 8,968 8,482 Careless driving 149 141 162 221 256 260 253 288 279 274 Speed limit offences 1,705 1,772 1,403 1,591 1,450 1,497 1,477 1,870 1,609 1,375 Total 9,959 9,842 8,820 9,536 10,166 10,718 11,075 11,171 11,308 10,592 1 Includes: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk police force areas. 2 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. 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 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. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice.
number of offences Offence type 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 20043 2005 2006 2007 Dangerous driving 4,570 4,269 4,225 4,116 5,071 6,220 6,177 5,256 4,914 4,675 Driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs 80,332 77,827 74,697 73,685 79,310 81,139 84,669 81,107 81,461 78,503 Careless driving 1,423 1,445 1,478 1,861 2,026 1,988 2,240 2,164 2,085 2,232 Speed limit offences 11,565 11,551 10,695 10,951 8,739 9,330 9,582 9,875 8,977 7,917 Total 97,890 95,092 91,095 90,613 95,146 98,677 102,668 98,402 97,437 93,327 1It 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. 2Every 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. 3Figures given include revised figures for Sussex police force area. Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.