Motoring Offences, 2011

The key points from the latest bulletin are:

• The number of Fixed Penalty Notices for motoring offences issued by the police (including traffic wardens) in Wales in 2010 was 151 thousand, a 27 per cent decrease on 2009 and a 42 per cent decrease from 2007.
• In 2010, speed limit offences comprised 68 thousand of these Fixed Penalty Notices, or 45 per cent of all Fixed Penalty Notices issued in 2010.
• Cameras provided evidence for 87 per cent of 68 thousand Fixed Penalty Notices issued for speeding offences in 2010.
• In 2011, the Magistrates’ Courts proceeded against a total of 63 thousand motoring offences, down about 9 per cent on the figure of 69 thousand for 2010.
• In 2011, men accounted for 75 per cent of motoring offence proceedings at magistrates’ courts.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5413
E-mail: stats.transport@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

July 2013 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)