Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones

Question

The number of offenders found guilty at all courts of using or causing others to use a mobile phone while driving in England and Wales, by police force area, from 2012 to 2016, can be viewed in the table below.

Court proceedings data for 2017 is planned for publication in May 2018. Case volumes have been falling in lines with motoring offences in general.

Offenders found guilty at all courts of 'Using or causing others to use a handheld mobile phone whilst driving', England and Wales , by police force area, 2012 to 2016 ⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾

(1) The figures given in the table relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

(2) Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.

Source: Justice Statistics Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.