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Cyclists

Answer

The following table shows data from the court proceedings database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform on the number of prosecutions for offences connected with pedal cycles.

Number of cyclists proceeded against for highway offences at magistrates courts, England and Wales, 2001 to 2005¹,²,³
	Total proceeded against
2001	760
2002	636
2003	732
2004	831
2005	893
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis.
² Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
³ The data supplied in the table comprise various offences connected with pedal cycles.
The three offences with the most offenders proceeded against are:
(a) Riding on footpath.
(b) Taking or riding a pedal cycle without consent etc.
(c) Lighting and reflector offences.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

454 c1044-5W;454 c1048-9W; 105633

Session

2006-07

Subjects

Cycling Road traffic offences

Link

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