Almost 4,000 submissions of driving offences to police force led to just 10 prosecutions, FOI request reveals

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Almost 4,000 submissions of driving offences to police force led to just 10 prosecutions, FOI request reveals
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Almost 4,000 submissions of driving offences led to 10 prosecutions, FOI request reveals Data published by Surrey Police reveals almost 80% of the close pass reports resulted in just a warning letter cycling

Of the 3,898 allegations of driving offences, including close passes, using a mobile phone or careless driving, submitted in the last 15 months until March, only 10 resulted in a prosecution, an FOI request has revealed.published by Surrey Police which uses a third-party reporting service to collect video footage evidence, at the time of the publishing of data, over 3,000 cases had achieved an outcome, and more than half of the offences were resolved with a warning letter.

> 286 close pass submissions to West Midlands Police resulted in one prosecution, FOI request reveals “I’m grateful that Surrey Police provides a third party reporting service; knowing that my local force “has my back” and that there will be consequences for dangerous driving behaviour on Surrey’s roads gives me more confidence when travelling.

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