Disqualification period by type of offence and length of disqualification, 1999

Table 10

Type of offence

3 months or less

4-6 months

7-12 months

13-18 months

19-24 months

25-36 months

Over 3 yrs to 5 yrs

Over 5 yrs to 10 yrs

Over 10 years

Till pass test

Life

No separate figure

Total

Average length of disqual- ification⁽¹⁾ (months)

Total offences

932

3,554

5,963

2,302

1,881

1,911

1,405

593

59

883

135

275

19,893

21

Serious Driving Offences

Dangerous driving

9

21

209

55

51

27

23

19

1

392

7

3

817

22

Careless driving

85

234

185

27

45

23

18

6

-

27

2

9

661

12

Drunk Driving of which:

20

103

2,986

1,732

751

911

546

123

8

132

29

78

7,419

22

Driving while unfit through drink or drugs

1

2

130

56

51

55

50

12

2

8

3

5

375

28

In charge while unfit through drink or drugs

-

6

22

5

8

4

3

-

-

3

-

1

52

18

Driving with excess blood alcohol

8

25

2,451

1,503

626

709

434

80

4

100

23

59

6,022

22

In charge with excess blood alcohol

6

41

77

25

9

17

7

4

-

2

-

2

190

17

Failing to provide breath specimen at the roadside

4

22

34

9

6

18

7

4

-

-

-

1

105

22

Failing to provide breath, blood or urine specimen at a police station

1

7

272

134

51

108

45

23

2

19

3

10

675

24

Failing to stop after accident

18

121

117

17

17

17

9

5

-

5

-

9

335

14

Driving while disqualified

17

87

400

127

448

557

579

346

40

254

81

35

2,971

43

Speeding Offences

Speeding in restricted areas

48

304

15

2

2

2

-

-

-

1

-

-

374

6

Other speeding offences

303

424

23

1

-

3

1

-

-

-

-

3

758

5

Signal and Direction Offences

Traffic direction offences

6

43

6

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

55

6

Pedestrian crossing offences

-

10

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

10

6

Lighting, Construction & Use Offences

Lighting offences

2

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

3

6

Construction & use regulations

9

44

4

2

-

-

1

-

-

-

-

2

62

7

Documentation Offences

Vehicle excise licence offences

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

-

-

2

6

No test certificate

2

6

3

2

-

3

2

1

-

-

-

4

23

24

Driving licence offences

81

167

251

33

62

49

16

1

-

6

-

20

686

14

Third party insurance offences

327

1,963

1,743

302

503

317

209

92

10

63

16

108

5,653

15

Registration/identification offences

1

3

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

5

7

Other Offences

Failure to provide information to identify driver

-

3

5

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

9

Tachograph etc offences

-

4

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

4

6

Seat belt offences

1

2

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

2

6

7

Parking offences

-

1

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

1

4