Road Traffic Offences: Prosecutions
(asked on 20th February 2019) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask the Attorney General, pursuant to the Answer of 11 of February 2019 to Question 217439 on Crown Prosecution Service: West Midlands, how many minor motoring cases there were in England and Wales in each year since 2010.
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of prosecuted defendants by twelve Principal Offence Categories, including the category of Motoring Offences.
The table below shows the number of summary-only prosecutions at magistrates’ courts allocated to the Motoring Offences category during each available year from 2010-11 to 2017-18 and the change in both volume and percent.
Year | Motoring Prosecution Caseload | Volume Change | % Change |
2010-2011 | 287,677 | - | - |
2011-2012 | 255,270 | -32,407 | -11.3% |
2012-2013 | 224,832 | -30,438 | -11.9% |
2013-2014 | 166,028 | -58,804 | -26.2% |
2014-2015 | 107,698 | -58,330 | -35.1% |
2015-2016 | 107,227 | -471 | -0.4% |
2016-2017 | 100,058 | -7,169 | -6.7% |
2017-2018 | 94,738 | -5,320 | -5.3% |
Data Source: CPS Management Information System | |||
It is not possible to disaggregate figures to show separately the volume and outcome of proceedings for individual offences within the Motoring Offences category.