How many successful prosecutions there were of persons for (a) cycling on pavements and (b) obstructing pedestrian use of pavements by ille…

Answered Asked by Rob Gibson SNP Lodged 7 Aug 2006

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive how many successful prosecutions there were of persons for (a) cycling on pavements and (b) obstructing pedestrian use of pavements by illegally parking cars in each year from 2000 to 2005, broken down by sheriffdom.

The answer

Answered by Cathy Jamieson on 6 Sep 2006 · 30 days after it was lodged, 2 days after it was due

The available information onconvictions for cycling on pavements is given in the following table. Convictionsfor obstructing pedestrian use of pavements by illegal parking of cars cannot beidentified separately from other parking offences in the statistics available centrally.
Persons with a Charge Provedin Scottish Courts for Cycling on Pavements1, 2000-01 to 2004-05
Sheriffdom
| 2000-01
| 2001-02
| 2002-03
| 2003-04
| 2004-05

Glasgow
|
-
|
-
|
-
| 1
|
-

Grampian, Highland and Islands
|
-
|
-
| 2
|
-
|
-

Lothian and Borders
|
-
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
-

North Strathclyde
|
-
|
-
| 1
|
-
|
-

South Strathclyde D and G
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-

Tayside, Central and Fife
| 1
| 1
| 1
|
-
|
-

Scotland
| 1
| 2
| 6
| 2
|
-

Note: 1. Where main offence undersection 129(5) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

In the Official Report

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