Written answers
Wednesday, 18 December 2019
Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Road Traffic Offences Data
Noel Grealish (Galway West, Independent)
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385. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of drivers disqualified from driving in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by category of driver licence having reached the number of penalty points required for automatic disqualification; the offences which resulted in them attracting those points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53562/19]
Shane Ross (Dublin Rathdown, Independent)
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The following tabular statements provide the details requested by the Deputy. The details for offences which resulted in penalty points being endorsed on the National Vehicle and Driver File (NVDF) record is only available for drivers who are currently serving a disqualification. Where a disqualification has been served, the offence records are deleted from the NVDF.
Table 1:
This tables provides the number of drivers disqualified from driving in 2017, 2018 and to date in 2019, by category of driver licence type.
Number of Drivers
| Driver Details | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 (Jan to Nov) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | 875 | 882 | 809 |
| Learner Permit | 261 | 291 | 292 |
| Novice Driver | 171 | 247 | 269 |
| No Driver Number | 122 | 107 | 103 |
| Total | 1,429 | 1,527 | 1,473 |
Table 2:
This table provides the details of current disqualified drivers broken down by driver licence type and penalty offence.
| Penalty Point Offence | Full | Learner Permit | Novice Driver | No Driver Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle | 72 | 27 | 12 | 9 |
| Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle | 25 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N2 Vehicle | 4 | |||
| Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N3 Vehicle | 5 | 1 | ||
| Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Left front wheel | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Left rear wheel | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Right front wheel | 9 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bald/Not maintained/cause damage tyre-Right rear wheel | 6 | 2 | ||
| Breach of duties on occurrence of an accident | 3 | 1 | ||
| Careless Driving | 6 | 4 | 1 | |
| Contravention of rules for use of mini roundabouts | 1 | |||
| Cross continuous white line/broken white line | 12 | 6 | 3 | |
| Dangerous Driving Reduced to Careless Driving | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 |
| Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt | 22 | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint | 14 | 4 | 5 | 1 |
| Driver Fail Restrain Child U/3 in Child Restraint | 12 | 4 | 3 | |
| Driver Owner Exceeding Design Gross Vehicle Weight | 1 | |||
| Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone | 254 | 62 | 30 | 32 |
| Driving along/across median strip | 1 | |||
| Driving dangerously defective vehicle | 1 | |||
| Driving on/across cycle track | 1 | |||
| Driving without reasonable consideration | 41 | 25 | 21 | 6 |
| Entry to hatched marked area | 1 | 1 | ||
| Exceed 100 km/h limit | 161 | 38 | 37 | 26 |
| Exceed 120 km/h limit | 122 | 16 | 25 | 13 |
| Exceed 30 km/h limit | 5 | 1 | 2 | |
| Exceed 50 km/h limit | 197 | 75 | 34 | 33 |
| Exceed 60 km/h limit | 123 | 25 | 25 | 11 |
| Exceed 80 km/h limit | 113 | 26 | 17 | 12 |
| Exceed ordinary speed limit (certain vehicles) | 1 | |||
| Exceed ordinary speed limit (class of vehicle) | 8 | 1 | ||
| Exceed Road Works Speed Limit (60 Kmh/Motorway) | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Exceed Road Works Speed Limit (60 Kmh/Road) | 4 | 2 | ||
| Fail to comply with mandatory traffic signs | 3 | |||
| Fail to comply with No Entry traffic sign | 1 | 1 | ||
| Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs | 9 | 5 | 3 | |
| Fail to Deactivate Airbag Child Restraint in use | 1 | |||
| Fail to drive on the left hand side | 2 | 1 | ||
| Fail to obey traffic lights | 38 | 11 | 15 | 3 |
| Fail to stop before stop sign/stop line | 2 | 5 | ||
| Fail to stop for Garda | 1 | |||
| Fail to yield right of way | 1 | |||
| Fail to yield right of way at sign/line | 1 | |||
| Learner driver unaccompanied by a qualified driver | 20 | 174 | 77 | 6 |
| No cert of road worthiness user | 1 | |||
| No insurance - (user) | 47 | 55 | 19 | 5 |
| No safety belt - driver | 1 | |||
| Non-Display of L Plate (Learner Driver) | 20 | 121 | 42 | 2 |
| Non-Display of N plate (Novice driver) | 8 | 27 | 1 | |
| Non-Display of yellow 'N' tabard on motorcycle | 1 | |||
| Offence relating to Overtaking | 6 | 2 | ||
| Reduced to Driving without reasonable consideration | 3 | 1 | ||
| Speeding Combination of vehicles | 2 | |||
| Tyre with Depth Less than 1.6 mm - User | 2 | |||
| Unsuitable Tyre - User | 1 | |||
| Unsuitable Tyre due to degree of inflation - User | 1 | |||
| Use vehicle without NCT certificate | 75 | 61 | 15 | 9 |
| Using vehicle without authorisation plate passenger | 1 | |||
| 22-35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath | 6 | |||
| 50-80mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood | 1 | |||
| 67-107mg of alcohol per 100ml of urine | 1 | |||
| U-Turn on dual carriageway/central reserve/traffic island | 1 |
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