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Driving Offences: Fines

Answer

Information on the total revenue from speed limit convictions is not collected centrally.Available information relates to the number of fixed penalties issued and the number of fines imposed by the courts. This information is given in the following tables. The fixed penalty level is £60, the maximum fine is Level three (£1000)Not all fines and fixed penalties will have been paid.2007 data will be available later this year.

Table A: Number of fines¹, ² imposed at magistrates courts for speed limit³ offences by police force area, England and Wales, 1997-2006
Number of offences
Police force area	1997	1998	1999	2000	2007
Avon and Somerset	7,738	5,643	3,532	4,344	5,709
Bedfordshire	1,746	3,432	1,913	2,019	2,332
Cambridgeshire	4,932	3,130	2,653	1,625	756
Cheshire	2,709	3,639	3,621	4,501	3,699
Cleveland	511	976	1,001	984	1,323
Cumbria	2,073	2,161	2,066	1,521	1,548
Derbyshire	3,366	3,654	4,209	4,933	6,005
Devon and Cornwall	3,076	3,229	3,486	4547	3,609
Dorset	737	695	792	1,213	902
Durham	345	408	905	1,364	1,749
Essex	5,034	4,743	6,618	6,275	9,131
Gloucestershire	2,343	1,798	1,509	2,131	1,835
Greater Manchester	10,637	14,458	13,228	14,505	10,375
Hampshire	6,565	6,316	7,146	5,995	5,418
Hertfordshire	2,116	2,638	2,771	2,277	2,088
Humberside	959	1,037	2,828	1,908	2,434
Kent	1,533	3,548	1,814	2,245	2,367
Lancashire	3,904	5,067	5,257	5,166	4,370
Leicestershire	1,180	1,858	2,255	2,001	1,750
Lincolnshire	1,880	2,103	3,874	3,528	4,131
London, City of	125	232	232	163	101
Merseyside	3,110	2,002	2,155	1,322	635
Metropolitan Police	10,988	11,045	9,203	8,269	8,840
Norfolk	1,225	1,360	1,697	1,374	1,440
Northamptonshire	228	92	557	248	403
Northumbria	2,100	2,304	2,569	3,519	2,352
North Yorkshire	2,037	1,766	1,408	1,208	1,412
Nottinghamshire	560	1,083	1,236	1,332	1,707
South Yorkshire	2,235	2,304	2,265	2,464	2,587
Staffordshire	2,683	3,196	3,239	1,815	929
Suffolk	1,041	1,456	1,648	1,210	1,238
Surrey	1,467	2,137	3,220	2,911	3,457
Sussex	3,825	3,740	3,256	3,492	2,619
Thames Valley	9,507	14,264	10,814	7,601	9,190
Warwickshire	1,145	1,298	2,960	4,636	3,624
West Mercia	2,259	2,305	2,259	2,696	2,586
West Midlands	5,652	8,622	7,339	3,455	3,949
West Yorkshire	3,736	4,245	5,553	5,819	4,442
Wiltshire	4,464	5,428	5,669	2,301	2,163
England	121,693	140,047	138,763	126,723	125,610
Dyfed Powys	634	767	771	013	650
Gwent	4,728	6,349	7,393	4,036	2,813
North Wales	1,364	1,636	1,594	2,610	2,655
South Wales	1,966	2,651	2,706	2,706	1,754
Wales	8,712	11,306	12,464	10,465	7,872
Total England and Wales	130,605	151,352	151,227	139,188	133,482

Number of offences
Police force area	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Avon and Somerset	4,974	6,815	6,923	6,356	8633
Bedfordshire	1,551	3,521	1,171	4,507	4350
Cambridgeshire	521	1,163	1,754	2,101	3466
Cheshire	3,969	3,068	4,153	2,703	2624
Cleveland	1,120	1,282	1,665	1,093	1328
Cumbria	1,604	2,002	2,366	2,549	2953
Derbyshire	3,885	3,527	3,329	2,853	2592
Devon and Cornwall	3,415	4,862	4,869	5,102	4625
Dorset	999	1,486	1,666	3,058	3012
Durham	1,603	1,042	718	391	340
Essex	14,670	0583	8592	9,960	7688
Gloucestershire	877	800	786	750	1308
Greater Manchester	7,182	6585	4,745	7,220	6699
Hampshire	4,949	6,270	4,237	5,050	4571
Hertfordshire	2,334	2,167	1,606	2,990	2915
Humberside	1,131	1,179	3,592	3,241	2886
Kent	1,670	2,995	3523	3,636	3074
Lancashire	3,833	8,759	5,030	4,742	5478
Leicestershire	1,726	3,036	2,173	2,184	2554
Lincolnshire	3,692	4557	4,356	4,362	3351
London, City of	580	1,137	1,700	6,200	1741
Merseyside	579	911	693	679	1447
Metropolitan Police	7,530	7,080	6,646	4,381	4653
Norfolk	1,260	2,372	2,764	2,824	3453
Northamptonshire	222	2,836	4,001	3,342	2876
Northumbria	2,555	2,207	3,770	2,880	2856
North Yorkshire	1,236	1,515	2,034	1,545	1362
Nottinghamshire	2,026	3,780	4,146	4,593	3929
South Yorkshire	1,776	1,181	2,684	4,040	4541
Staffordshire	1,091	2520	4,449	4,408	3609
Suffolk	1,266	763	1,820	3,213	3035
Surrey	2,00S	1,493	279	2,876	3828
Sussex	1,745	2,783	247	3,353	3649
Thames Valley	10,989	9,339	8,862	8,290	7545
Warwickshire	1,743	2,323	1,707	1,842	1384
West Mercia	2514	1,320	363	2,023	2396
West Midlands	4,706	5,069	7,362	5,397	4161
West Yorkshire	2,295	'3,349	4,263	5504	5955
Wiltshire	2,678	4,037	4,022	4,180	4308
England	113369	126,494	128,174	146585	141504
Dyfed Powys	614	1,548	1531	1,904	1120
Gwent	2,238	2,645	2,270	2,094	1282
North Wales	3,834	4,319	4,597	4,612	6066
South Wales	1,980	2,924	4,146	3,350	2789
Wales	8,666	11,436	12544	11,960	11567
Total England and Wales	122,555	137,930	141,118	156546	152,461
¹ May include oases where a fixed penalty notice was issued and not paid and referred to court.
² Magistrates courts data only. Fines given at the Crown court total nationally (England and Wales) less than 20 each year.
³ Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1964 and the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1973.
Notes:
1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences are less than complete.
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 systems generated by the courts and police force. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Table B: Fixed penalty notices issued¹for speed limit offences² by police force area— England and Wales, 1907-2006
Number of offences
	1997	1998	1999³	2000³	2001³
Avon and Somerset	7,204	18,327	25,897	36,122	30,339
Bedfordshire	8,700	10,255	18,008	16,707	13,415
Cambridgeshire	14,837	13,818	14,662	8,708	6,777
Cheshire	10,785	23,198	18,393	15,356	16,694
Cleveland	3,239	10,734	7,717	23,228	24,160
Cumbria	4,882	4,919	5,058	4,103	3,640
Derbyshire	17,438	22,785	21,771	16,291	24,948
Devon and Cornwall	38,150	32,757	33,882	28,091	33,388
Dorset	11,172	14,738	14,815	18,305	18,605
Durham	3,213	3,930	4,586	9,180	14,156
Essex	48,123	19,282	38,097	56,010	87,038
Gloucestershire	6,260	8,714	6,268	5,781	4,007
Greater Manchester	54,684	51,145	64,318	59,785	50,448
Hampshire	27,480	34,555	46,709	27,566	28,985
Hertfordshire	17,604	14,063	25,687	23,958	23,474
Humberside	9,735	13,759	12,671	22,209	17,228
Kent	28,706	28,009	18,854	24,617	23,044
Lancashire	23,613	32,810	35,335	29,683	27,893
Leicestershire	5,612	9,720	8,791	8,094	7,750
Lincolnshire	6,588	12,368	17,913	28,319	31,487
London, City of	520	907	2,423	353	713
Merseyside	11,808	15,373	15,968	7,385	4,100
Metropolitan Police	45,488	36,690	32,061	54,843	58,412
Norfolk	4,895	5,379	0,267	4,783	5,166
Northamptonshire	3,722	8,836	7,772	34,809	79,827
Northumbria	25,693	34,918	37,472	24,265	40,728
North Yorkshire	11,879	9,924	8,908	5,285	7,438
Nottinghamshire	4,625	6,289	5,512	23,766	24,556
South Yorkshire	39,082	31,585	23,544	20,987	21,566
Staffordshire	22,552	22,044	14,656	13,989	20,372
Suffolk	7,271	12,840	18,088	12,596	12,418
Surrey	5,340	10,252	11,035	12,072	10,424
Sussex	25,124	24,882	22,370	24,880	18,513
Thames Valley	53,285	62,827	48,034	71,888	154,524
Warwickshire	1,857	2,510	2,745	2,099	3,136
West Mercia	15,392	16,502	18,478	22,150	30,504
West Midlands	9,378	11,586	9,546	5,688	15,606
West Yorkshire	24,103	29,635	24,791	24,595	20,937
Wiltshire	11,330	8,494	8,319	16,351	17,941
England	669,409	730,146	755,221	844,656	1,035,562
Dyfed Powys	6,708	0,272	8,222	8,840	6,868
Gwent	5,263	4,214	2,050	16,518	13,209
North Wales	9,146	9,920	11,141	18,880	20,245
South Wales	22,227	27,464	28,850	54,383	75,224
Wales	43,144	50,870	50,263	96,721	115,546
Total England and Wales	712,753	781,016	805/184	941,876	1,151,108

Number of offences
Police force area	2002³	2003³	2004	2005	2006
Avon and Somerset	53,846	89,405	85,331	67,933	52,606
Bedfordshire	40,338	66,709	56,762	44,736	48,407
Cambridgeshire	16,435	28,510	18,802	44,887	20,502
Cheshire	13,578	29,564	40,306	25,056	28,570
Cleveland	25,264	24,729	18,039	24,812	19,044
Cumbria	5,797	24,692	31331	27,441	32,023
Derbyshire	71,085	44,517	44,412	30,905	31,484
Devon and Cornwall	31,144	63,916	81,682	53,474	42,487
Dorset	18,688	83,185	71,832	79,522	51,599
Durham	7,687	6,538	4,184	2,816	2,817
Essex	101,063	66,281	66,852	85,746	60,705
Gloucestershire	3,888	3,139	4,813	10,849	13,406
Greater Manchester	35,881	44,903	43,531	59,478	60,282
Hampshire	31,867	45,324	52,587	58,750	49,404
Hertfordshire	23,203	28,896	61,637	49,738	81,805
Humberside	13,389	25,755	52,288	48,494	36,718
Kent	36,645	64,584	66,661	53,289	47,179
Lancashire	158,163	98,660	63233	63,588	57,658
Leicestershire	17,903	45,417	26,357	7,281	24,605
Lincolnshire	27,490	27,070	29,258	32,613	25,750
London, City of	4,782	4,864	6,358	10,275	5,089
Merseyside	8,484	8,863	8,058	16,411	33,049
Metropolitan Police	53,334	80,213	104,920	128,426	102,482
Norfolk	17,116	31,640	26,938	25,117	24,885
Northamptonshire	60,459	49,902	49,108	47,886	42,242
Northumbria	41,050	68,018	94,318	65,708	51,880
North Yorkshire	5,412	5,836	5,971	4,823	5,256
Nottinghamshire	35,771	53,276	53,188	53,686	42,816
South Yorkshire	16,098	61,418	42,635	65,352	51,462
Staffordshire	28,094	47,565	41,249	46,218	50,823
Suffolk	9,477	16,606	40,847	40,029	34,442
Surrey	6,052	7,057	8,200	17,509	38,520
Sussex	23,550	60,384	45,819	58,806	48,827
Thames Valley	121,677	123,586	92,834	97,049	137,312
Warwickshire	14,988	27,737	34,206	40,401	30,316
West Mercia	29,098	78,408	57,844	53,711	46,213
West Midlands	17,782	43,542	58,052	46,612	44,407
West Yorkshire	32,126	70,011	68,827	66,031	40,528
Wiltshire	27,975	42,738	50,841	52,412	61,458
England	1,286,556	1,703,168	1324,892	1,797,950	1,679,128
Dyfed Powys	12,343	3,072	2,221	1,435	1,054
Gwent	2,880	1,013	859	506	531
North Wales	44,458	61,645	51,068	74,485	59,491
South Wales	61,848	65,852	45,343	45,189	33,208
Wales	121,710	131,582	99,492	121,615	94,284
Total England and Wales	1,407,266	1,894,750	1,924,384	1,919,565	1,773,412
¹ Only covers notices paid where there be no further action.
² Offences under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1964 and the Motor Vehicles (Speed Limits on Motorways) Regulations 1073.
³ Revised since original publication following amendments received from forces.
Note:
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 systems generated by police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

219057; 479 c1340-4W

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Fines Speed limits Road traffic offences

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