§ Mr. Nealeasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions were brought against motorists for crossing traffic lights on (a) red and (b) amber in the year (i) 1984 and (ii) 1985.
§ Mr. MellorThe available information relates to total proceedings at magistrates' courts for offences of failing to comply with traffic signals (excluding those at pedestrian light controlled crossings) and is published annually in "Offences relating to motor vehicles, England and Wales, Supplementary tables" (Table 5 of the issue for 1985), copies of which are in the Library. Details of the circumstances of these offences are not collected centrally.