TRAFFIC OFFENCES
APPENDIX IX
1953/1954
1954/1955
1955/1956
1956/1957
OFFENCES
Cases
Cases
Cases
Prosecu-
tions
not
taken to
Court
Prosecu-
tions
not Prosecu-
not
taken to
Court
tions
taken to
Court
Prosecu-
tions
Cases
not
taken to
Court
1957/1958
Cases
Prosecu-
not
tions
taken to
Court
8
1
61
58
64
76
1
66
I
1,897
40
1,921
61
2,007
72
2,685
88
3,456
73
2,023
96
2,086
312
1,812
270
3,306
500
2,062
1,134
43,776
340 37,371
4,325
40,489 8,667 33,087
13,340 46,710 | 13,637
47,762
476 41,443
4,698 44,377 9,009 39,090
14,402 | 52,302 14,846
Serious
Dangerous Driving Sec. 4 Cap. 220 (Now Sec. 9(3) of the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1957) Driving under influence Sec. 5 Cap. 220 (Now Sec. 10 of the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1957)
Careless Driving Sec. 6 Cap. 220 (Now Sec. 12(1) of the Road Traffic Ordinance, 1957)
Exceeding Speed Limit
57
Other offences
(i) In the majority of cases not taken to court a warning by letter was given.
(ii) Prosecutions include 3,598 cases which were pending at court on 31.3.57 and dealt with during the year 1957/58.
Total
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