The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) maintains a central record of prosecuted defendants by twelve Principal Offence Categories, including the category of Motoring Offences.<\/p>
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The table below shows the number of summary-only prosecutions at magistrates\u2019 courts allocated to the Motoring Offences category for both the 12 months ending September 2008 and September 2018 and the change in both volume and percent.<\/p>
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<\/p><\/td> | Year Ending September 2008<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Year Ending September 2018<\/strong><\/p><\/td> Volume change<\/strong><\/p><\/td> % Change<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> CPS Motoring Prosecution Caseload<\/p><\/td> 367,905<\/p><\/td> 95,726<\/p><\/td> -272,179<\/p><\/td> -74.0%<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Data Source: Case Management Information System<\/p> It is not possible to disaggregate figures to show separately the volume and outcome of proceedings for individual offences within the Motoring Offences category.<\/p> <\/p> While the number of overall prosecutions has decreased during the period, the highest fall in caseload has been in magistrates\u2019 courts, where volumes reduced by 54.1%. This followed changes to the list of specified offences made in 2012 which transferred responsibility for prosecuting many low level motoring offences back to the police.<\/p>"}
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