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Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

Answer

The number of offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for using or causing others to use a mobile phone while driving, in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2015 (latest available) can be viewed in the table.

Offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts for using or causing others to use a mobile phone while driving (1), England and wales, 2010 to 2015 (2)(3)
Outcome	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Cautioned	-	-	-	-	-	-
Proceeded against	35,255	31,390	24,414	19,650	17,431	17,586
'-' = Nil
(1) Offences under RR 110 (1) - 110 (3) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986
(2) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of or been cautioned for two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.
(3) 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.

This information can be found in the Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly: December 2015 publication, which is available on gov.uk.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL3593

Session

2016-17

Subjects

Prosecutions Mobile phones Police cautions Road traffic offences

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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