§ Mr. CorbettTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been in each of the past five years in England and Wales for alleged breaches of section 161 of the Highways Act 1980. [48674]
§ Mr. MichaelInformation collected centrally on the Home Office Court Proceedings Database cannot separately identify prosecutions for offences under section 161 of the Highways Act 1980 from other sections of the Act. Available information, including cautions, is given in the table.
Number of persons cautioned and defendants prosecuted at magistrates' courts and convicted at all courts for offences under sections 161, 162 or 163 of the Highways Act 19801, England and Wales, 1992–96 Year Cautions Prosecutions Convictions 1992 150 126 82 1993 100 62 40 1994 124 133 87 1995 92 122 73 1996 81 92 59 1Sections 161, 162 and 163 of the Highways Act 1980 cover offences of: causing certain kinds of danger or annoyance to users of highways and streets (section 161); placing rope etc, across highway (section 162) and failing to prevent water falling or flowing on to highway (section 163)