Driving offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/2896
Version Date: 06/03/2025
The Central Ticket Unit has provided the following information for Questions 1, 2 and 5.
Dorset Police issue Notices of Intended Prosecution (NIP’s) which result in, EDUCATION, CONDITIONAL OFFER OF FIXED PENALTY or COURT.
Dorset Police issue paper Traffic Offence Reports (TOR’s) or submit Digital Traffic Offence Reports (PRONTO) which result in HORT1, VDRS, EDUCATION, CONDITIONAL OFFER OF FIXED PENALTY or COURT.
The data therefore identifies the number of NIPs / TORs / PRONTO processed at the Central Ticket Office where the outcome is one of EDUCATION, CONDITIONAL OFFER OF FIXED PENALTY or COURT.
The data does not include TORs or PRONTO submissions which have been issued/submitted by officers, but to date have not been processed within the CTO.
These figures do not include cancelled offences
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information for Q3 and 4.
Drink Drive & Drug Drive Arrests extracted from our breath-test database
Please can you provide the total number of the following offences recorded in your force area, by calendar year, from 2021 onwards.
Driving without due care
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2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road / in a public place without due care and attention |
236 |
215 |
298 |
431 |
Driving without reasonable consideration
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Drive a mechanically propelled vehicle on a road / in a public place without reasonable consideration to other users |
15 |
25 |
27 |
61 |
Driving while under the influence of alcohol
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Drink Drive Arrests |
656 |
657 |
722 |
653 |
Driving while under the influence of drugs
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Drug Drive Arrests |
280 |
286 |
486 |
554 |
Exceeding statutory speed limit on a public road
|
|
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Excess speed |
43,265 |
55,529 |
51,450 |
60,749 |