Britain’s worst drivers revealed as millions pick up points on their licence – is your area among the offenders?
BRITAIN’S worst drivers have been revealed as millions picked up points on their licence in 2024.
The latest data from the DVLA showed which driving offences were the most common last year and where they were committed.
Perhaps unsurprisingly, breaking the speed limit on a public road was by far the most significant offence, with 941,495 Brits caught out on that alone.
Speed limit violations on the motorway came in second at 231,669.
In a distant third was driving without insurance, followed by mobile phone use and similar offences.
Other more niche entries include “using a vehicle with defective tyres” and refusing to identify who was driving at the time of a separate offence.
The data also unveiled the areas with the most drivers who have been slapped with penalty points.
There really aren’t any excuses for this one
David Kottaun
Coming in top, the South East the only region to see more than 200,000 drivers sanctioned.
More surprising is the fact that this figure did not include Greater London, with the capital coming in second with over 180,000.
The North West then defied its far lower population to clock over 155,000 offenders to come third.
An interesting north-south divide also developed in the figures, with three of the top 5 in the south, but five of the top nine in the north.
David Kottaun, Operations Manager at Scrap Car Comparison comments: “Taking a look at this unique data to understand how we’re breaking the law on the roads has uncovered some very interesting trends.
“As we all know thanks to the number of speed cameras and speed camera vans spotted on the road, drivers breaking the speed limit is a continual problem that we’re facing on the roads.
“Though it may not seem like it at the time, even just a few miles per hour above the speed limit can have devastating consequences in the event of a collision and make all the difference to stopping distances in inclement weather, significantly increasing the risk of having an accident.
“It’s surprising to see driving with a defective tyre also in the top ten offences, as it’s so easy to prevent – we can all spare a few seconds before getting into our cars to check that our tyre walls are in good order, and that we have sufficient tread depth.
“There really aren’t any excuses for this one and the result could be much worse than the cost of a replacement tyre.
“Laws are there for a reason, and in the case of driving, they will most definitely make your experience on the roads a safer one when followed and rescue the chance of your car ending up in a crash and on the scrap heap.”
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