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Statistics on driving convictions for the last 10 years: FOI release
Information requested
The number of convictions for each of the following specific offences for the last 10 years:
1. Dangerous driving. 2. Careless Driving. 3. Driving with excess blood alcohol. 4. Driving motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs. 5. Driving motor vehicle while under influence of controlled drug above prescribed limit (since offence introduced in 2019). 6. Failure to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at police station.
Response
The answer to your question is provided in the table below.
Number of people convicted for selected driving offences, where main crime, 2012-13 to 2021-22.
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21 2021-22 Total convicted 7,222 7,375 6,787 6,825 7,096 7,170 6,385 6,510 3,884 6,612 Dangerous driving offences 554 568 585 634 753 906 781 912 537 862 Driving carelessly 2,257 3,006 2,826 2,935 3,006 2,907 2,337 2,462 1,314 2,506 Driving motor vehicle while unfit through drink or drugs 242 203 203 196 239 255 315 304 146 278 Driving mv with blood alcohol content above prescribed limit 3,691 3,168 2,791 2,654 2,746 2,734 2,548 2,460 1,536 2,063 Failure to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at police station 478 430 382 406 352 368 404 368 232 370 Driving motor vehicle while under influence of controlled drug above - - - - - - - 4 119 533
Source: Scottish Government criminal proceedings database
Data are available by financial year, with the most recent data for 2021-22. Criminal proceedings statistics report on cases which have concluded in court. This means that a crime may be recorded by the police in one year, and court proceedings may be concluded in a subsequent year.
Please note that data for 2020-21 and 2021-22 are affected by the pandemic, subsequent court closures, reduced court capacity due to physical distancing measures and delays to cases where key participants were forced to self-isolate after testing positive for COVID-19, and should not be considered indicative of long term trends
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