FOI/202300340117 · FOI · not held
Driving licence disqualification statistics: FOI release
Information requested
Number of charges are there for careless driving in Scotland per year; Number of charges are there for dangerous driving in Scotland per year; Number of people are given a driving ban in Scotland per year; Of these driving bans, how many were due to an accumulation of points on their license?
Response
While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Scottish Government does not have some of the information you have requested. The Scottish Government does not hold information on the number of charges reported by Police Scotland to the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). However, you may wish to contact the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service at foi@copfs.gov.uk who may be able to help you. However, you may be interested to know that information on the number of people prosecuted and convicted of ‘Dangerous and careless driving’ offences is published as part of our main statistical bulletin ‘Criminal Proceedings in Scotland 2020-21’ and can be found in tables 4a and 4b of the main tables which can be accessed here: Supporting documents - Criminal proceedings in Scotland: 2020-2021 - gov.scot (www.gov.scot). There is also an additional dataset ‘Drink and careless driving’ that includes offences of death by careless or dangerous driving. Number of people receiving a driving disqualification in Scottish courts (i.e. it will not include driving bans imposed by Police Scotland) is provided in the table below. Unfortunately, we are unable to tell if these bans were imposed due to an accumulation of points on the driver's license. Number of people with a conviction for driving related crimes who received a driving licence disqualification, by main crime 2011-12 to 2020-21.
2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 Accident offences 46 49 45 30 31 41 34 33 26 16 Construction & use regulations (other than lighting) 37 26 33 31 20 35 14 24 17 9 Dangerous driving offences 573 519 536 547 608 711 859 734 873 510 Driver contravention of pedestrian crossing regulations 18 16 22 16 4 7 1 5 1 2 Driver neglect of traffic directions(not pedestrian crossing) 47 68 57 49 40 31 21 22 14 6 Driving carelessly 371 384 373 347 412 416 424 320 277 172 Driving licence, other offences - 1 - - 1 1 1 1 - - Driving motor vehicle while under influence of controlled drug above prescribed limit - - - - - - - - 4 114 Driving motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs 237 238 197 196 191 230 250 309 299 142 Driving mv with blood alcohol content above prescribed limit 4,078 3,666 3,152 2,777 2,635 2,728 2,716 2,522 2,432 1,530 Driving while disqualified from holding or obtaining licence 820 650 574 460 430 599 623 581 541 402 Driving without a licence (including under age) 122 110 87 91 109 95 83 83 92 45 Failing to provide info to identify driver of motor vehicle 21 25 17 24 26 21 29 38 27 7 Failure to insure against third party risks 1,363 1,103 1,102 1,028 924 1,019 993 1,094 893 409 Failure to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at police station 499 454 407 355 370 335 340 384 343 217 Failure to provide breath specimen at the roadside 45 28 26 28 24 30 21 24 27 9 In charge of motor vehicle while under influence of controlled drug - - - - - - - - - 4 In charge of motor vehicle while unfit through drink/drugs 22 21 11 19 27 31 42 30 33 19 In charge of mv while blood alcohol content above limit 221 186 173 167 139 137 131 131 113 63 Lighting offences, motor vehicle 4 1 - - 1 2 1 - 1 - Mobile phone offences 225 199 225 209 119 80 72 107 78 21 Motor vehicle records of work (eg tachograph) offences 2 3 - 1 1 1 2 - - - Motor vehicles, other offences 10 7 5 10 5 4 7 4 4 1 Motorway traffic offences 5 7 2 4 1 1 - - - 1 Other speeding offences 662 721 754 726 623 516 428 335 338 84 Registration or identification mark offences (not lighting) - - 1 1 - - - - - 1 Seat belt offences 2 4 - 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Speeding in restricted areas 107 142 170 129 145 66 46 47 45 9 Using motor vehicle without test certificate 5 8 5 9 2 16 10 23 14 5 Vehicle Excise Licence Offences 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 - 1 - Total 9,544 8,637 7,975 7,256 6,890 7,155 7,151 6,853 6,494 3,799
Source: Scottish Government Criminal Proceedings database The Scottish Government is committed to achieving safer road travel in Scotland and expect all road users to adhere to the rules of the road and follow the Highway Code. The Scottish Government published a Road Safety Framework to 2030 in 2021. The framework sets out a vision for Scotland to have the best road safety performance in the world by 2030 and an ambitious long term goal where no one is seriously injured or killed on our roads by 2050. The journey to achieving this vision also includes ambitious interim targets where the number of people being killed or seriously injured on our roads will be halved by 2030. The framework has Intermediate Outcome Targets aimed at reducing casualties for vulnerable road users, including cyclists.
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