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Motoring Offence Statistics
for Northern Ireland
1st June 2019 – 31
st May 2020
Date of Publication:
30th July 2020
Frequency:
Monthly
Issued by:
PSNI Statistics Branch
Lisnasharragh
42 Montgomery Road
Belfast
BT6 9LD
PSNI Statistics
02890 650222 Ext. 24135
statistics@psni.police.uk
From 1st June 2019 to 31st May 2020, there were
44,741 detections for motoring offences in Northern
Ireland, a decrease of 12% on the 50,991
detections recorded in the previous 12 months.
The largest offence group recorded was speeding
offences with a total of 7,569 detections. This was
a decrease of 7% on the number recorded in the
previous 12 months.
The highest speed detected by PSNI officers in the latest 12 months was 127mph, on the Moneynick Road, Randalstown.
Insurance offences accounted for 17% of all
detections, a decrease of 492 on the number
detected from June 2018 – May 2019.
One in five motoring offences was detected in
Belfast City District from 1st June 2019 – 31st May
2020.
There has been a 39% decrease in the number of
vehicle test certificate offences when compared
with the previous 12 months. Automatic MOT
renewals coupled with reduced traffic volumes in
recent months due to COVID-19 will likely have
impacted on this decrease.
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Contents
1. Things you need to know about this release
2. Summary
3. Trends
4. Age and Gender
5. Offence group
6. Policing District
7. Further Information
We welcome user feedback on these statistics. This can be sent to the email address on the cover page or by
contacting us at the telephone number provided.
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Motoring offence statistics for Northern Ireland are collated and produced by statisticians seconded to the Police
Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA).
PSNI Official Statistics documentation is available on the Official Statistics section of the PSNI website.
Coverage
This report provides statistics on the number of motoring offences detected by police in Northern Ireland from 1st
June 2019 – 31st May 2020. It does not include any detections by the NI Road Safety Partnership. Figures
relating to such detections through the Partnership can be accessed via the following link – NI RSP.
The range of disposals covered includes those offences dealt with by means of a fixed penalty notice (FPN),
speed awareness course and referral for prosecution. Statistics Branch developed the functionality to report on
prosecution referrals in 2017, at which point the figures were validated and reported back to 2011. Quality
concerns due to the introduction of different information systems prevented any further back dating of the figures.
This report presents the most recent motoring offence statistics based on figures that were extracted on 27th July
2020. Referred for prosecution figures from 1st January 2018 onwards remain provisional and therefore subject
to amendment. The information is also available in tabular format in the accompanying spreadsheets on the
PSNI website.
Background information and details of the offences included in each offence grouping (Section 6) can be found in
the Motoring Offence User Guide on the PSNI website. Please note the figures refer to the number of offences
and not the number of persons detected as a person can be detected for more than one offence.
National Statistics Status
National Statistics status means that our statistics meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and
public value, and as producers, it is our responsibility to maintain compliance with these standards.
These statistics were designated as National Statistics in March 2020 following a full assessment against the
Code of Practice.
Uses of the statistics
Uses of the statistics, based on user engagement, information requests and satisfaction survey feedback include
policy making and policy monitoring, performance monitoring, and public interest, by a range of users including
PSNI, Policing and Community Safety Partnerships (PCSPs), media and academics.
More detail can be found in the Motoring Offence User Guide which can be accessed via the motoring offences
statistics web page on the PSNI website.
Related statistics
Sources of motoring offences data for other domains include An Garda Síochána - Republic of Ireland and
England and Wales. Related statistics include Injury road traffic collision statistics and NI Road Safety
Partnership statistics.
1. Things you need to know about this release
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Table 1 shows that, over the last 12 months:
The number of motoring offences detected fell by 12% to 44,741.
Non endorsable fixed penalties decreased by 18%.
Endorsable fixed penalties decreased by 7%.
Offences referred for prosecution fell by 13%.
Table 1 Number of motoring offences by disposal type, 1st June 2018 – 31st May 2020*
Number and Percentage
1st Jun 2018 - 31st
May 2019 1st Jun 2019 - 31st
May 2020 Change over last 12 months
Number %
Endorsable Fixed Penalty 12,321 11,428 -893 -7
Non Endorsable Fixed Penalty 7,477 6,153 -1,324 -18
Referred for Prosecution 29,864 26,057 -3,807 -13
Speed Awareness Course 1,329 1,103 -226 -17
Total 50,991 44,741 -6,250 -12
*Figures are provisional and subject to change.
Figure 1 Comparisons of disposal types for motoring offences between 1st June 2018 – 31st May 2019 and
1st June 2019 – 31st May 2020
Note that not all detections in the most recent months will have been processed at this time, particularly those referred for
prosecution.
12,321 11,428
7,477 6,153
29,864
26,057
1,329
1,103
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
1st Jun 2018 - 31st May 2019 1st Jun 2019 - 31st May 2020
Endorsable Fixed Penalty Non Endorsable Fixed Penalty Referred for Prosecution Speed Awareness Course
2. Summary
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The number of motoring offences had been steadily decreasing over a 8 year period from a total of 79,796 recorded in 2011 to 48,514 recorded in 2019 (see figure 2).
Figure 2 Number of motoring offences by disposal type: 1st January 2011 – 31st December 2019
0
10,000
20,000
30,000
40,000
50,000
60,000
70,000
80,000
90,000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
FPNs Discretionary Disposals Speed Awareness Course Referred for Prosecution
Discretionary disposals removed as an
alternative method of disposal for
dealing with traffic offences on 31st July
2016
Discretionary Disposals introduced during
2011 as an alternative method of disposal
for dealing with traffic offences
3. Trends
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Figure 3 Number of motoring offences by age: 1st June 2019 – 31st May 2020
Figure 3 shows that those aged 30-49 years old accounted for over two fifths of motoring offences detected between 1st June 2019 and 31st May 2020, followed by those aged 18-29 (35%). Almost all (99%) of the unknown ages refer to non endorsable offences, which can be issued in the absence of the offender and do not require licence details to process, for example parking offences.
Males accounted for 8 in 10 of all motoring offences detected between 1st June 2019 and 31st May 2020.
1,306
15,793
18,519
6,535
863 1,725
Under 18 18-29 30-49 50-69 70+ Age Unknown
4. Age and Gender
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Table 2 Number of motoring offences by gender, age band and offence group
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1st
June 2019 – 31st
May 2020*
Number
Gender Age
Total Female Male Other /
Unknown Under 18 18-29 30-49 50-69 70+ Age
Unknown
Breach of signs & signals 81 226 20 5 68 95 50 11 98 327
Careless driving 922 2,790 2 91 1,259 1,419 763 177 5 3,714
Construction & use2 235 1,689 2 83 1,117 478 186 15 47 1,926
Dangerous driving 155 1,175 2 59 673 448 132 19 1 1,332
Drink or drug driving 568 2,385 2 34 885 1,448 540 48 0 2,955
Driving licence 545 3,060 3 122 1,390 1,645 395 56 0 3,608
Driving whilst disqualified 78 868 0 79 304 464 94 5 0 946
Failing to stop / remain / report collision 483 1,982 0 80 963 955 350 114 3 2,465
Fraudulent use / declaration 22 221 2 4 77 117 29 5 13 245
Insurance 1,278 6,259 8 230 3,035 3,392 796 90 2 7,545
L & R driver3 224 1,262 5 109 711 524 131 16 0 1,491
Miscellaneous 60 589 1 39 270 286 47 6 2 650
Mobile phone 626 2,777 0 18 755 1,833 735 62 0 3,403
Non motor vehicle 1 31 2 3 18 11 2 0 0 34
Parking 687 938 70 1 114 100 42 2 1,436 1,695
Pedestrian 3 61 0 4 30 19 9 2 0 64
Seatbelt 178 696 0 11 277 397 168 20 1 874
Speeding4 2,078 5,489 2 121 2,574 3,212 1,511 149 2 7,569
Vehicle TADA5 / tampering 112 1,035 0 194 523 378 50 2 0 1,147
Vehicle test certificate 627 2,122 2 19 750 1,298 505 64 115 2,751
Total 8,963 35,655 123 1,306 15,793 18,519 6,535 863 1,725 44,741
* Figures are provisional and subject to change. 1 Please note an offence group is made up of many individual offences. For the full list of offences and groups see the motoring offences section of the PSNI website.
2 Construction & use offences include defective tyre, defective exhaust, excess noise, incorrect form of registration mark and no number plate.
3 The offence 'L or R driver exceeding 45mph limit' is included in the speeding offence group. L and R driver = Learner driver and Restricted driver
4 This does not include drivers detected for speeding through the Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership.
5 Vehicle TADA = Vehicle taking and driving away
5. Offence group
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Table 2 shows that the largest offence group recorded was speeding offences with a total of 7,569
detections, accounting for 17% of all detections for motoring offences. This was a decrease of 7% on the
number recorded in the previous 12 months.
The highest speed recorded by PSNI officers in the latest 12 months was 127mph on the Moneynick
Road, Randalstown.
In the latest 12 months, the NI Road Safety Partnership detected over 6 times more speeding offences
than the PSNI (47,730).
Over half of those detected for mobile phone offences were age 30-49.
Almost one quarter of all female detections were for speeding offences.
There has been a 39% decrease in the number of vehicle test certificate offences when compared with
the previous 12 months. Automatic MOT renewals coupled with reduced traffic volumes in recent months
due to COVID-19 will likely have impacted on this decrease.
Over three fifths of those detected for vehicle taking and driving away / tampering offences were age
under 30.
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Table 3 Number of motoring offences by month and offence group1, 1st June 2018 – 31st May 2020*
Number and Percentage
Jun
2019 Jul
2019 Aug 2019
Sep 2019
Oct 2019
Nov 2019
Dec 2019
Jan 2020
Feb 2020
Mar 2020
Apr 2020
May 2020
Jun 2019 - May 2020
Jun 2018 - May 2019
Change over last 12 months Number %
Breach of signs & signals 35 15 43 28 34 33 34 25 26 4 3 47 327 388 -61 -16
Careless driving 374 349 345 335 380 361 339 347 327 205 136 216 3,714 4,582 -868 -19
Construction & use2 146 132 154 110 214 192 138 150 180 125 108 277 1,926 1,777 149 8
Dangerous driving 125 129 142 111 117 105 110 121 97 67 114 94 1,332 1,724 -392 -23
Drink or drug driving 248 231 292 267 265 263 345 240 228 179 185 212 2,955 2,980 -25 -1
Driving licence 317 321 322 303 340 292 281 304 293 238 253 344 3,608 4,154 -546 -13
Driving whilst disqualified 99 92 84 88 101 76 61 88 69 57 53 78 946 1,132 -186 -16
Failing to stop / remain / report collision 251 230 281 210 215 238 278 219 187 149 90 117 2,465 2,898 -433 -15
Fraudulent use / declaration 17 26 26 20 22 25 16 21 21 10 19 22 245 288 -43 -15
Insurance 672 689 628 611 696 641 574 631 558 515 571 759 7,545 8,037 -492 -6
L & R driver3 143 145 132 97 164 145 85 112 102 99 136 131 1,491 1,468 23 2
Miscellaneous 65 67 73 46 51 53 52 51 51 34 49 58 650 692 -42 -6
Mobile phone 264 345 340 299 344 272 224 265 316 274 177 283 3,403 4,008 -605 -15
Non motor vehicle 6 1 1 1 4 5 5 0 0 3 4 4 34 28 6 21
Parking 96 153 100 163 243 159 124 153 129 79 60 236 1,695 1,801 -106 -6
Pedestrian 6 12 8 3 4 3 7 10 2 3 4 2 64 78 -14 -18
Seatbelt 81 121 69 51 80 85 54 63 77 57 54 82 874 1,065 -191 -18
Speeding4 517 769 597 674 772 576 333 680 646 455 491 1,059 7,569 8,132 -563 -7
Vehicle TADA5 / tampering 88 102 122 96 89 104 111 133 85 70 72 75 1,147 1,277 -130 -10
Vehicle test certificate 330 308 238 296 303 309 246 298 160 130 60 73 2,751 4,482 -1,731 -39
Total 3,880 4,237 3,997 3,809 4,438 3,937 3,417 3,911 3,554 2,753 2,639 4,169 44,741 50,991 -6,250 -12
* Figures are provisional and subject to change. 1 Please note an offence group is made up of many individual offences. For the full list of offences and groups see the motoring offences section of the PSNI website.
2 Construction & use offences include defective tyre, defective exhaust, excess noise, incorrect form of registration mark and no number plate.
3 The offence 'L or R driver exceeding 45mph limit' is included in the speeding offence group. L and R driver = Learner driver and Restricted driver
4 This does not include drivers detected for speeding through the Northern Ireland Road Safety Partnership.
5 Vehicle TADA = Vehicle taking and driving away
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Figure 4: Number of motoring offences by Policing District: 1st June 2018 – 31st May 2020
Figure 4 shows that one in five motoring offences was detected in Belfast City District followed by a further 15% in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon district.
Mid and East Antrim and Antrim and Newtownabbey were the only districts to see an increase in detections when compared with previous 12 months.
10,115
4,281
2,032
4,921
7,654
4,104
3,007
4,201 4,146
2,657
3,773
100
8,738
3,140
1,592
4,434
6,706
3,418
2,816
3,545 3,553
2,947
3,792
60
Belfast City Lisburn &Castlereagh City
Ards & NorthDown
Newry, Mourne& Down
Armagh City,Banbridge &
Craigavon
Mid Ulster Fermanagh &Omagh
Derry City &Strabane
Causeway Coast& Glens
Mid & EastAntrim
Antrim &Newtownabbey
Unknown
1st Jun 2018 - 31st May 2019 1st Jun 2019 - 31st May 2020
6. Policing District
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Figure 5: Rate of motoring offences per 10,000 population1 aged 16+ by Policing District: 1st June 2019 – 31st May 2020
1 Population figures sourced from Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Service (NINIS), based on mid-year population estimates for 2018.
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A User Guide providing detailed information on the motoring offences statistics is available on the PSNI website.
PSNI Official Statistics documentation is available on the Official Statistics section of the PSNI website.
Referred for prosecution
Police led prosecutions for motoring offences occur when the offence is of a serious nature and has no
corresponding fixed penalty or where multiple offences have occurred or where the alleged offender wishes to
have the matter(s) heard at court. Where an offending driver has already accumulated a number of penalty
points, to the extent that a driving disqualification is now in scope, such cases must be heard at court and will
consequently also be subject of a prosecution.
Fixed penalty notices
Fixed penalties originated as an administrative way to deal with simple parking offences without referring such
matters to the courts. Such was its success that it was identified as an efficient way to deal with minor road traffic
offences and was expanded to encompass these matters in the mid-1980s. With the introduction of penalty
points for traffic offences, the scheme was expanded to incorporate endorsable and non-endorsable offences.
Non-endorsable offences - meaning those which don’t result in points on your licence incur a fine of £30. Fines
for endorsable offences are £60 and three points. More serious offences such as driving without insurance can
incur fines of up to £200 and six points. Other fixed penalty offences include No MOT (£60) or Vehicle Excise
License (£60). Fine collection and revenue reporting are managed by the NI Courts Service.
The full list of offences and groups are published on the motoring offences section of the PSNI website.
Speed awareness courses
Speed awareness courses were introduced in Northern Ireland in 2010. Drivers, depending on the speed at
which they were detected, may be offered an opportunity to attend a speed awareness course as an alternative
to penalty points. The course which is available at eight locations throughout Northern Ireland and delivered and
managed by an appointed contractor must be attended within a period of 120 days from the date of detection.
Certain restrictions apply to who can qualify for the speed awareness course option.
Revisions
Figures for 2019 were finalised in March 2020. Figures from January 2020 onwards are currently provisional and
subject to ongoing quality assurance and minor amendment, primarily due to the time taken to process all
offences, particularly those referred for prosecution or completing a speed awareness course.
To demonstrate the scale of revisions, updated figures are provided in the table below:
Revision to January - April 2020 figures
Last Month This month Change
publication publication Number %
Endorsable Fixed Penalty 3,326 3,403 77 2.3
Non Endorsable Fixed Penalty 1,584 1,585 1 0.1
Referred for Prosecution 6,751 7,527 776 11.5
Speed Awareness Course 320 342 22 6.9
Total 11,981 12,857 876 7.3
7. Further Information
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