FOI Request - Complaint Data on Driver and Car Behaviour

Request 101003877772

I am seeking aggregated data regarding public complaints made to Moray Council about problematic driver and vehicle behaviour. Please provide, for the years 2020 to the most recent available date, annual totals for:

1.  Public complaints relating to cars that are excessively noisy, including those believed to be deliberately modified or driven to emit excessive noise (e.g., “boy racers,” “revving engines,” “loud exhausts”).

2.   Public complaints about antisocial driving behaviours, including but not limited to speeding, street racing, dangerous driving, and use of vehicles in a manner causing harassment, alarm, or distress.

3.  Any other categories of road-user or vehicle-related nuisance or antisocial behaviour maintained in your records (please specify category name if not obvious).

For each category, please supply:

The total number of complaints per year (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024/2025 if available).
The method of reporting (if recorded: e.g., email, hotline, online portal, etc.).
Any notes on how these issues are classified or defined by your council (if recorded).

Response 01-12-2025 

2020 13
Vehicle Related Alarm/Distress 1
Vehicle Related Dangerous Driving 3
Vehicle Related Harassment 2
Vehicle Related Nuisance 3
Vehicle Related Obstruction 1
Vehicle Related Speeding 3
2021 7
Vehicle Related Dangerous Driving 4
Vehicle Related Dangerous Load 1
Vehicle Related Harassment 2
2022 9
Vehicle Related Damage 1
Vehicle Related Dangerous Driving 2
Vehicle Related Harassment 3
Vehicle Related Obstruction 1
Vehicle Related Speeding 2
2023 8
Vehicle Related Dangerous Driving 2
Vehicle Related Harassment 4
Vehicle Related Nuisance 1
Vehicle Related Speeding 1
2024 15
Vehicle Related Antisocial Driving 1
Vehicle Related Dangerous Driving 2
Vehicle Related Dangerous Incident 1
Vehicle Related Harassment 3
Vehicle Related Nuisance 3
Vehicle Related Obstruction 1
Vehicle Related Speeding 4
2025 16
Vehicle Related Dangerous Driving 2
Vehicle Related Harassment 5
Vehicle Related Nuisance 5
Vehicle Related Obstruction 1
Vehicle Related Speeding 3
Grand Total 68

Since 2024 the method of receiving the complaint has been captured: these have come via letters, online, telephone calls and emails.