Speeding Offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/003350/Y
Version Date: 03/07/2025
The Dorset Road Safety Team have provided the following information.
Please note:
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.
- How many speeding offences were detected between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025?
73,721
- How many NIPs for speeding were issued between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025?
67,527
- How many TORs for speeding were issued between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025?
6,194
- For the period covering April 6, 2024 to April 5, 2025, what were the 20 roads where the most speeding offences were detected?
2a. For each road, please provide the total number of speeding offences (including both NIPs and TORs).
Please note that there is no consistency in the recording of locations by Officers and so the data provided is inconsistent depending on which data fields are populated by each Officer.
|
Location |
Total Speeding Offences |
NIP |
TOR |
|
|
1 |
A348 Ringwood Road, West Howe, Bournemouth |
13640 |
13640 |
|
|
2 |
A338 Blackwater to Cooper Dean SB |
6629 |
6629 |
|
|
3 |
A338 Cooper Dean to Blackwater NB |
6468 |
6468 |
|
|
4 |
A338 Wessex Way, Dean Park, Bournemouth. W/B |
4868 |
4868 |
|
|
5 |
A338 Wessex Way, Dean Park, Bournemouth E/B |
2006 |
2006 |
|
|
6 |
Wareham Rd, Corfe Mullen |
1982 |
1982 |
|
|
7 |
A31 St Leonards / Ferndown |
1648 |
1648 |
|
|
8 |
A347 Wimborne Road, Bournemouth |
1639 |
1639 |
|
|
9 |
A351 Sandford Road, Sandford |
1139 |
1139 |
|
|
10 |
A338 Wessex Way, Richmond Hill, Dean Park |
1126 |
1126 |
|
|
11 |
Turbary Park Avenue,Bournemouth |
1069 |
1069 |
|
|
12 |
Ringwood Road |
1000 |
1000 |
|
|
13 |
A35 Nr Miles Cross, Bridport |
997 |
997 |
|
|
14 |
Littlemoor Road |
881 |
97 |
784 |
|
15 |
A338 Blackwater On-slip to Cooper Dean SB |
813 |
813 |
|
|
16 |
A35 Chideock |
758 |
758 |
|
|
17 |
A35 Barrack Road, Christchurch. |
713 |
713 |
|
|
18 |
A3060 Castle Lane West, Bmth.. |
707 |
707 |
|
|
19 |
A350 Holes Bay Road, Poole. |
673 |
673 |
|
|
20 |
A350 Charlton Marshall |
661 |
661 |
- What were the highest five speeds recorded in individual speed checks across the region between April 6, 2024 and April 5, 2025? For each case, please provide the road, the speed limit on that road, and the month (e.g. April 2024).
|
Speed MPH |
Road |
Speed Limit |
Month |
|
133 |
A338 Cooper Dean to Blackwater NB |
50 |
May 2024 |
|
123 |
A338 Cooper Dean to Blackwater NB |
50 |
December 2024 |
|
120 |
A338 Spur Road |
70 |
June 2024 |
|
116 |
A338 Cooper Dean to Blackwater NB |
50 |
February 2025 |
|
115 |
A35 Puddletown Bypass |
70 |
July 2024 |
|
115 |
A35 Dorchester |
70 |
January 2025 |