Driving using a hand held device (1253A/22)
Request
Would it be possible to refine the request to cover all fines issued for drivers using a device instead? e.g. not breaking down by device type?
We clarified with you on 26th September 2022 and you replied on 29th September 2022
You replied with the clarified question:
The total number of drivers caught (issued a penalty) for “driving whilst using a hand held device”, broken down by month for the years 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 to date.
Response
Please find enclosed our response.
2019
January 2019 – 81
February 2019 – 110
March 2019 – 105
April 2019 – 137
May 2019 – 106
June 2019 – 113
July 2019 – 131
August 2019 – 74
September 2019 – 83
October 2019 – 52
November 2019 – 25
December 2019 – 25
2020
January 2020 – 27
February 2020 – 27
March 2020 – 33
April 2020 – 24
May 2020 – 33
June 2020 – 40
July 2020 – 36
August 2020 – 22
September 2020 – 35
October 2020 – 36
November 2020 – 28
December 2020 – 19
2021
January 2021 – 22
February 2021 – 25
March 2021 – 37
April 2021 – 22
May 2021 – 15
June 2021 – 13
July 2021 – 15
August 2021 – 10
September 2021 – 12
October 2021 – 18
November 2021 – 17
December 2021 – 11
2022
January 2022 – 9
February 2022 – 28
March 2022 – 28
April 2022 – 72
May 2022 – 98
June 2022 – 86
July 2022 – 70
August 2022 – 70
September 2022 – 59
October 2022 up to 04/10/2022 – 0
Please note that these data should be interpreted with caution. Comparing numbers of incidents/crimes can be misleading and does not necessarily indicate the likelihood of someone being a victim of crime. In addition, the number of incidents/crimes recorded in an area over a period of time can be influenced by a number of factors. Consequently, statistics on incidents/crimes for one period may not necessarily be a good indicator of future incidents in that area.
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 a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be considered when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.
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