Traffic Offences

HC Deb 15 January 2002 vol 378 cc186-7W

Chris Ruane

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many traffic offences were committed by drivers under the age of 16 in each of the last 20 years. [25019]

Mr. Keith Bradley

Data prior to 1990 are not

Findings of guilt at all courts for traffic offences1 committed by offenders aged 10-15 years and offence group England and Wales 1990–2000
		Number of offences
Offence group	Offence type1	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Age 10–15
1	Causing death or bodily harm	4	—2	20	4	8	4	4	7	6	6	3
2	Dangerous driving	208	—2	226	111	111	150	116	105	130	138	173
3	Driving etc. after consuming alcohol or taking drugs	65	—2	41	42	59	89	135	128	114	120	129
4	Careless driving	219	—2	131	102	117	129	123	109	135	146	202
5	Accident offences	180	—2	105	121	133	126	111	118	123	144	189
16	Speed limit offences	15	—2	20	6	2	9	5	10	8	12	12
17	Motorway offences (other than speeding)	0	—2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
18	Neglect of traffic directions	75	—2	52	55	44	71	86	56	69	80	97
19	Neglect of pedestrian rights	40	—2	20	18	35	36	30	20	22	29	25
20	Obstruction, waiting and parking offences	5	—2	1	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	3
24	Offences peculiar to motor cycles	443	—2	256	279	398	448	408	410	422	397	452
25	Miscellaneous motoring offences	110	—2	85	111	111	157	95	92	105	120	89
	Total traffic offences	1,364	—2	958	853	1,020	1,221	1,115	1,058	1,138	1,194	1,374
	As a percentage of total offences committed by persons all ages	0.25	—2	0.18	0.20	0.25	0.30	0.27	0.27	0.27	0.29	0.36
1 The list of offence types group those offences most likely to have involved a traffic offence. They exclude offences committed by pedal cyclists.
2 Not available.

Note:

Data taken from the Home Office Court Proceedings Database.