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<p>Like all road users, cyclists have a duty to behave in a safe and responsible manner,
and when they fail to comply with any aspect of road traffic law they should be dealt
with appropriately.</p><p> </p><p>The number of offenders cautioned and defendants
proceeded against at magistrates courts and found guilty at all courts of offences
related to pedal cycles, in the Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force
Areas, from 2009 to 2013 can be viewed in the following table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="6">Offenders cautioned and defendants proceeded against at magistrates courts
and found guilty at all courts of offences related to pedal cycles<sup>(1)</sup>,
Metropolitan Police and City of London Police Force Areas, 2009 to 2013 <sup>(2)(3)(4)(5)</sup></td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Police force area</td><td>Outcome</td><td>2010</td><td>2011</td><td>2012</td><td>2013</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">Metropolitan
Police</td><td>Cautioned</td><td>21</td><td>14</td><td>13</td><td>13</td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded
against</td><td>299</td><td>517</td><td>370</td><td>410</td></tr><tr><td>Found guilty</td><td>239</td><td>414</td><td>303</td><td>319</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td rowspan="3">City
of London <sup>(6)</sup></td><td>Cautioned</td><td>3</td><td>1</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Proceeded
against</td><td>29</td><td>49</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>Found guilty</td><td>20</td><td>38</td><td>-</td><td>-</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>'-' = Nil</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">(1) Includes the following offences:</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Highways Act 1835 S78 - Riding to common danger</td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Road Traffic Act 1988
S26 - Being towed</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Road
Traffic Act 1988 SS35 & 36 - Neglect of traffic directions</td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Road Traffic Act 1988 S24 More than one person
carried</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="2">Highways Act 1835
S72 - Riding on footpath</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3">Pedal Cycles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1983 - No brakes - failure
to comply with the regulations</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Road
Traffic Act 1988 S28 - Reckless and dangerous driving by pedal cyclist</td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Road Traffic Act 1988 S29 - Careless driving by pedal
cyclist</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Road Traffic Act
1988 S30 - Pedal cyclist driving under the influence of drink and drugs</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="5">Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 S17(4) - Using special road in contravention
of regulations made by the Secretary of State</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="3">Highways
Act 1980 S137(1) - Wilful obstruction of the highway</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4">Theft Act 1968 S12(5) - Taking or riding a pedal cycle
without consent etc</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Road Traffic
Act 1988 S168(b) - Rider of a cycle failing to give name and address</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td
colspan="3">Road Traffic Act 1988 S81 - Lighting and reflector offences</td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="5">Road Traffic Act 1988 S163(3) - Failing to
stop pedal cycle when required by constable</td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(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 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.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(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.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(4) The offences shown
relate only to pedal cycles. Cyclists may be cautioned or proceeded against for road
traffic offences that can apply to vehicles in general and for these offences, cyclists
cannot be separately identified from users of other kinds of vehicles. The results
for those offences are not shown here.</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(5) For road traffic offences, cyclists
may receive Fixed Penalty Notices. Those cases are not included in this table, so
this table cannot be used as an estimate of all offences committed by cyclists</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="6">(6)
City of London Local Justice Area abolished on 31 December 2011, and merged into Central
London Local Justice Area. These data recorded under Metropolitan Police henceforth</td></tr><tr><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Source: Justice
Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td>Ref: PQC HL 5762</td><td> </td><td> </td><td>
</td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table>
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