The average fine imposed at all courts for seat belt offences under sections 14 and 15 of the Road Traffic Act (RTA) 1988 in England and Wales, 2007 is shown in the following table. It is not possible to separately identify section 14 (3) from other offences in sections 14 and 15.
Section 41D of the RTA 1988, as added by the Road Safety Act 2006 S.26, which came into force February 2007, gave authority to existing regulations, under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, to make certain offences endorsable. The average fine imposed at all courts for these offences are also given in the table.
Court proceedings date for 2008 will be available in the autumn of 2009.
Offence description Average fine (£) Seat belt offences 54 Use of hand held mobile phone while driving 82 Causing or permitting the use of a mobile phone while driving a motor vehicle 76 Using a mobile phone while supervising the holder of a provisional driving licence to drive a motor vehicle on the road 74 1 Includes the following statute: Road Traffic Act 1988 Sections 14(1), (2), (3), 15(1)(A), (2) & (4), & 15B Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, R.110(1)(2)(3) 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 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: Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.