New figures highlight motoring offences including speeding, drink driving, driving without insurance, and parking offences.
The highest speed detected on roads in Northern Ireland over the past year exceeded 140mph, new figures show.
The PSNI's Motoring Offence Statistics for Northern Ireland were released on October 31 and cover the period from September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2024.
The report details the number of drivers and pedestrians detected for a motoring offence in Northern Ireland over 12 months, including speeding, drink driving, driving without insurance, and parking offences.
Over the past 12 months, the highest speed detected by the PSNI in NI was 149mph on the M2 Foreshore in Belfast.
From September 1, 2023, to August 31, 2024, there were 36,071 detections for motoring offences in Northern Ireland, of which 97% were dealt with by means of a fixed penalty notice or referral for prosecution. The remaining 3% resulted in the completion of a speed awareness or safe driver course.
The figures from 2023 to 2024 represent a decrease of 17% compared to the previous year. The number of motoring offences have been generally decreasing over a 10 year period from a total of 60,838 recorded in 2014 to 41,364 recorded in 2023
The largest motoring offence group was insurance offences, with 6,409 which along with speeding (5,083) accounted almost one-third of the total detections.
Those aged 30-49 years old accounted for over two fifths of motoring offencesdetected between Sepember 1, 2023, and August 31, 2024 where age is known, followed by those aged 18-29 (37%). Males accounted for 8 in 10 of all motoring offences in this time period.
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