Speeding Offences
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/26/004490/I
Version Date: 16/04/2026
The Road Safety Department has provided the following information:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information relating to speeding offences within your police force area.
For each of the following calendar years: 2023, 2024 and 2025 please provide:
Q1. Speeding Offences Detected
The total number of speeding offences detected.
|
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
67,846 |
72,181 |
74,107 |
Q2. Outcomes of Speeding Offences
Of the speeding offences detected, please provide the number that resulted in:
A. A Speed Awareness Course being offered
B. A Speed Awareness Course being accepted or completed
C. A Speed Awareness Course being declined by the driver (if recorded)
D. A Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty (Fixed Penalty Notice) being issued
E. A Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty (Fixed Penalty Notice) being accepted
F. Cases referred to court / prosecution
|
Outcomes of Speeding Offences |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
|
A. A Speed Awareness Course being offered |
37,801 |
41,024 |
44,476 |
|
B. A Speed Awareness Course being accepted or completed |
37,801 |
34,619 |
34,937 |
|
C. A Speed Awareness Course being declined by the driver (if recorded) |
1,093 |
828 |
747 |
|
D. A Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty (Fixed Penalty Notice) being issued |
18,804 |
19,950 |
22,008 |
|
E. A Conditional Offer of Fixed Penalty (Fixed Penalty Notice) being accepted |
Data not Held |
Data not Held |
Data not Held |
|
F. Cases referred to court / prosecution |
2,778 |
3,126 |
2,629 |
Please note:
Q2 E - Dorset Police Central Ticket Office do not keep records of those COFPs which are accepted by the offender. This information is held by His Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service.
Q2 C- Speed Awareness Course being declined by the driver: The only formal figures and thus the figures provided are the number of decline forms received back into the system. There may be other declines by telephone, email or letter however these are not recorded in a way that can be easily retrieved and do not form part of the figures at Q2 C.
Q3. Course Eligibility
If recorded, the number of speeding offences where a Speed Awareness Course could not be offered because the driver had already attended a course within the previous three years.
|
Year |
Ineligible |
|
2023 |
3,589 |
|
2024 |
4,570 |
|
2025 |
5,273 |
Please note that the criteria ‘the offender had not previously attended a Driver Awareness Scheme course in the last three years from offence date’ relates to offences committed in Dorset. Therefore, it is possible for someone who has attended a driver awareness course for an offence in another police county within the three-year period to attend a Dorset Police course as we are not affiliated to a national scheme.