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<p>The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (the 1985 Act) provides that the DPP had a
duty to take over the conduct of all criminal proceedings, save for specified proceedings.</p><p>
</p><p>Specified proceedings are designated by Section 3(3) of the Prosecution of
Offences Act 1985 and the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings)
Order 1999 (the 1999 order) and include most motoring offences which are commenced
by the police in accordance with Section 12 Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.</p><p> </p><p>In
2012, the following motoring offences were added to the list of specified proceedings:</p><p>
</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>No</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Section</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Statute</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.</p></td><td><p>s.3</p></td><td><p>Road
Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Careless and inconsiderate driving</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2.</p></td><td><p>s.35</p></td><td><p>Road
Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to comply with a traffic direction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3.</p></td><td><p>s.163</p></td><td><p>Road
Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to stop a motor vehicle or bicycle when required
to do so by the police</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4.</p></td><td><p>s.170</p></td><td><p>Road
Traffic Act 1988</p></td><td><p>Failing to stop, report an accident or give information
or documents when required to do so</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Crown
Prosecution Service (CPS) holds no record of the number of these motoring cases that
were prosecuted by the police.</p><p> </p><p>The CPS does however maintain a central
record of the volumes of completed prosecutions, assigned the Principal Offence Category
‘Motoring Offences’, as a count of the number of defendants.</p><p> </p><p>The table
below shows that the number of these prosecutions has fallen between 2008 and 2018
as a likely result of the additional motoring offences having been added to the list
of specified proceedings.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Year
Ending September 2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year Ending September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume
change</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% Change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CPS
Motoring Offences Prosecution Caseload</p></td><td><p>379,837</p></td><td><p>99,331</p></td><td><p>-280,506</p></td><td><p>-73.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Data
Source: Case Management Information System</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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