HC Deb 20 June 2000 vol 352 c145W
Mr. Clappison

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers have been(a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of driving through a red traffic light in each of the last five years.[126248]

Mr. Charles Clarke

The following table gives the available information:

Numbers of prosecutions and convictions for failing to comply with traffic signals, England and Wales, 1993 to 1997
Prosecutions Convictions
1993 35,306 30,061
1994 29,152 24,266
1995 29,695 24,480
1996 30,220 25,307
1997 27,915 23,553

Note:

Figures for later years are not yet available

The majority of these offences are dealt with by the issue of fixed penalty notices.