Table 27
Disqualification period by type of offence and length of disqualification, 2005/06
Type of offence | 3
months
or less | 4-6
months | 7-12
months | 13-18
months | 19-24
months | 25-36
months | Over 3 yrs
to 5 yrs | Over 5 yrs
to 10 yrs | Over 10
years | Till
pass
test | Life | No
separate
figure | Total | Average
length of
disqual-
ification
(months) 1 |
|---|
Total offences | 947 | 4,087 | 6,580 | 2,782 | 2,118 | 1,850 | 1,388 | 486 | 41 | 452 | 101 | 90 | 20,922 | 20 |
|---|
Serious Driving Offences |
|---|
Dangerous driving | 9 | 21 | 273 | 79 | 112 | 56 | 38 | 13 | - | 298 | 9 | 1 | 909 | 21 |
|---|
Careless driving | 93 | 259 | 161 | 28 | 21 | 8 | 6 | - | - | 13 | 2 | 2 | 593 | 9 |
|---|
Drunk Driving of which: | 25 | 106 | 3,306 | 2,105 | 900 | 1,013 | 595 | 124 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 9 | 8,259 | 19 |
|---|
Driving while unfit through drink or drugs | 1 | 1 | 143 | 73 | 50 | 68 | 36 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 392 | 26 |
|---|
In charge while unfit through drink or drugs | 1 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 43 | 20 |
|---|
Driving with excess blood alcohol | 2 | 6 | 2,625 | 1,839 | 771 | 748 | 476 | 95 | 1 | 38 | 21 | 5 | 6,627 | 22 |
|---|
In charge with excess blood alcohol | 13 | 67 | 117 | 40 | 24 | 29 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 297 | 15 |
|---|
Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside | 4 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 67 | 19 |
|---|
Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station | 4 | 11 | 382 | 142 | 50 | 150 | 72 | 12 | - | 8 | - | 2 | 833 | 22 |
|---|
Failing to stop after accident | 17 | 92 | 82 | 5 | 15 | 6 | - | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 12 |
|---|
Driving while disqualified | 27 | 100 | 485 | 181 | 507 | 450 | 573 | 302 | 32 | 58 | 58 | 19 | 2,792 | 40 |
|---|
Speeding Offences |
|---|
Speeding in restricted areas | 13 | 106 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 125 | 6 |
|---|
Other speeding offences 2 | 399 | 663 | 31 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 3 | 1,099 | 5 |
|---|
Signal and Direction Offences |
|---|
Traffic direction offences | 1 | 32 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 34 | 6 |
|---|
Pedestrian crossing offences | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 | 6 |
|---|
Lighting, Construction & Use Offences |
|---|
Lighting offences | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 6 |
|---|
Construction & use regulations | 3 | 23 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 34 | 6 |
|---|
Documentation Offences |
|---|
Vehicle excise licence offences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|---|
No test certificate | - | 19 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 23 | 9 |
|---|
Driving licence offences | 66 | 236 | 169 | 36 | 51 | 28 | 9 | 2 | - | 3 | - | 9 | 609 | 12 |
|---|
Third party insurance offences | 288 | 2,390 | 2,052 | 346 | 509 | 288 | 165 | 43 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 37 | 6,154 | 13 |
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Registration/identification offences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|---|
Other Offences |
|---|
Failure to provide information to identify driver | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 16 |
|---|
Tachograph etc offences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
|---|
Seat belt offences | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 |
|---|
Mobile phone offences | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
|---|
Parking offences | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
|---|
Other offences | 3 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 35 | - |
|---|
1 Excludes disqualifications for life, until driving test has been taken again and for which no separate figure was available.
2 Includes motorway and clearway offences.