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Motorway Traffic Offences 2016 to present

Keywords

M25, M1, Motorway speeding, NIPS, Camera Activation,

Publication Number

PUB 1192

FOI Reference Number

15719

Request Title

Motorway Traffic Offences 2016 to present

Date Range

2016 – June 2021

Information Requested

Please could you share with me the number of penalties issued from 2016 to present, broken down by year (calendar year ideally), and broken down by the following motorway-specific traffic offences?

1. Drive in reverse or wrong way on slip road

2. Drive in reverse or wrong way on motorway

3. Drive off carriageway (central reservation or hard shoulder)

4. Make U turn on motorway

5. Learner driver or excluded vehicle

6. Stop on hard shoulder

7. Vehicle in prohibited lane

8. Walk on motorway, slip road or hard shoulder

Disclosure with Exemptions

No exemptions

Information Correct as at

1/6/21

Date of Disclosure

10/6/21

Related Documents/Links

FOI 15719 Response

Thank you for your enquiry which has been logged under the above reference.

Section 1 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) places two duties on public authorities.  Unless exemptions apply, the first duty at Section 1(1)(a) is to confirm or deny whether the information specified in a request is held.  The second duty at Section 1(1)(b) is to disclose information that has been confirmed as being held.  Where exemptions are relied upon Section 17 of FOIA requires that we provide the applicant with a notice which: a) states that fact b) specifies the exemption(s) in question and c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

In respect of your enquiry:

The request is specific to your police force and relates to motorway-specific traffic offences.

Please could you share with me the number of penalties issued from 2016 to present, broken down by year (calendar year ideally), and broken down by the following motorway-specific traffic offences?

1. Drive in reverse or wrong way on slip road
2. Drive in reverse or wrong way on motorway
3. Drive off carriageway (central reservation or hard shoulder)
4. Make U turn on motorway
5. Learner driver or excluded vehicle
6. Stop on hard shoulder
7. Vehicle in prohibited lane
8. Walk on motorway, slip road or hard shoulder

Having completed enquiries within Essex Police in respect of Section 1(1)(a), Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.  Under Section 1(1)(b) the attached has been provided in relation to your request:

Offence wording

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Drive / move / cause to remain at rest a passenger carrying vehicle in right hand lane of a motorway

  

1

  

1

2

2

2

1

1

Drive / move vehicle making 'u' turn on the motorway

    

1

          

1

Drive / stop / cause to remain at rest a goods vehicle drawing a trailer in offside lane of a motorway

  

1

7

7

          

Drive / stop / cause to remain at rest a motor vehicle drawing a trailer in offside lane of a motorway

      

1

11

9

3

3

  

Drive / stop a vehicle on motorway central reservation / verge

    

1

      

3

2

3

Drive a vehicle backwards on a motorway

  

2

6

  

3

1

5

3

1

Drive a vehicle other than on the    carriageway of a motorway

  

1

5

2

6

4

4

5

3

Drive a vehicle the wrong way on a motorway  slip road

2

5

  

1

1

3

16

  

2

Drive on central reservation/verge of a motorway

2

4

              

Drive on motorway  hard shoulder

  

2

5

            

Drive on motorway hard shoulder / emergency refuge area

    

7

15

65

109

192

165

194

Drive on motorway, fail to comply with red / green arrow / lane closure signals - automatic equipment

                

1

Drive on motorway, fail to comply with red / green arrow / lane closure signals - manual detection

              

34

181

Drive on road other than motorway, fail comply with red / green arrow / lane closure light signals - automatic equipment

              

612

1477

Drive on road other than motorway, fail comply with red / green arrow / lane closure light signals - manual detection

              

53

230

Drive vehicle the wrong way on a motorway

          

1

1

  

4

Driving in wrong direction on motorway

1

3

              

Driving on the hard shoulder of a motorway

27

7

              

Driving vehicle entering motorway at prohibited place

3

                

Driving wrong way on motorway slip road

1

                

In charge of animal carried in a vehicle on a motorway fail ensure it was on a lead / otherwise kept under control

                

3

Learner driver drive a vehicle while on motorway

  

2

2

2

1

4

5

2

11

Making U turn on motorway

2

                

Passenger vehicle in right hand lane of motorway

1

                

Prohibited vehicle in offside lane of motorway

    

2

1

2

5

7

12

11

Provisional licence holder/drive on motorway

3

                

Reversing on a Motorway

4

3

              

Stop / cause to remain at rest a vehicle on a carriageway of motorway

  

1

  

3

3

  

2

1

1

Stop vehicle on hard shoulder of motorway

2

59

              

Stop vehicle on the motorway   hard shoulder

  

2

8

            

Stop vehicle on the motorway hard shoulder / emergency refuge area

    

31

20

222

204

120

190

158

Stopping motor vehicle on motorway carriageway

4

1

              

Trailer in offside  lane of motorway

1

1

              

Vehicle enter motorway at prohibited place

  

1

6

2

14

13

1

2

  

Caveat:  The data is correct as at 01/06/2021

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. 

However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries.  Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies.  Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.

Essex Police trusts that the information provided is of assistance.  Thank you for your interest in Essex Police.