Where in the country are drivers more likely to penalised for poor driving?
According to a  new study, thew small town of Coldstream in Berkshire comes top of the league for  points on licences.
The study by Confused.com analysed the number of drivers with penalty points sourced from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA). Looking at town & city, it reveals the areas in the UK where people are most likely to have points on their licence.

Points mean…

Rank

Town/city

County

Population

Drivers with penalty points

Drivers with points per 10,000 people

% of drivers with penalty points

1

Coldstream

Berwickshire

1,163

249

2,141

21.41%

2

York

North Yorkshire

5,533

563

1,018

10.18%

3

Iver

Buckinghamshire

11,119

1,101

990

9.90%

4

Telford

Shropshire

2,903

275

947

9.47%

5

Bradford

West Yorkshire

24,979

2,336

935

9.35%

6

Aylesbury

Buckinghamshire

13,522

1,194

883

8.83%

7

Uxbridge

London

14,538

1,261

867

8.67%

8

Hinton St. George

Somerset

442

38

860

8.60%

9

Watlington

Oxfordshire

4,324

371

858

8.58%

10

Towcester

Northamptonshire

23,027

1,954

849

8.49%

Unguarded moments

The area in the UK where people are most likely to have points on their licence is Coldstream in Berwickshire where 21.41% of drivers have points on their licence. Only 249 drivers here have points on the licences but the population of the area is just over 1,000 people, meaning that’s over one in five people. Located right on the Scottish-English border, the postcode is a very rural area. Drivers are generally more likely to speed on rural roads, which could explain the high number of offences.
The second area in the UK people are most likely to have points on their licence is York in Yorkshire with 10.18% of drivers having points on their licence. It’s an area with a population of just 5,500 people, yet there are 563 drivers with points, (1,018 per 10,000 people). The A1 at Boroughbridge is known for being a speeding hotspot and has been specifically targeted by traffic police in the past.
The third area where people are most likely to have points on their licence is Iver in Buckinghamshire with 9.90% of drivers having points on their licence. Located just outside of London, not far from Heathrow Airport the area has 990 drivers per 10,000 with penalty points on their licences.

Pointing out the facts

  • The most common age bracket to have penalty points is age 30 to 34, with 6,522 per 100,000 drivers with penalty points on their licence.

  • 1,893,989 male drivers in the UK have penalty points on their driving licence, in comparison to 766,286 female drivers.

  • The most common penalty offence in the UK is exceeding the statutory speed limit on a public road (SP30), with 2,158,179 offences

 

 

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