How many emergency service workers have been charged with driving offences while responding to an emergency call in each of the last three …

The Scottish Government does not hold information centrally on the number of emergency service workers charged with driving offences while responding to an emergency call in each of the last three years.
Road traffic legislation including responsibility for providing exemptions to general requirements for emergency service vehicles is reserved. Section 87 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 provides that any provision imposing a speed limit on motor vehicles does not apply to any vehicle on an occasion when it is being used for Fire Brigade, Ambulance or Police purposes, if the observance of that provision would be likely to hinder the use of the vehicle for the purpose for which it is being used on that occasion. This is qualified by a need to demonstrate that compliance with the provision would hinder the purpose for which the vehicle was being used at the time rather than providing a blanket exemption. Similar provisions for exemption apply to a number of restrictions that might hinder the purpose for which an emergency service vehicle is being used on any occasion.