Causeway area had highest rate of speeding offences

The number of motoring offences for Northern Ireland has fallen from 53,900 to 47,000 in the past year, a 13% drop, according to official figures released this week.

The PSNI’s data reveals that mobile phone offences had the steepest decline, with the total falling from 4,553 to 3,731, an 18% drop.

Speeding (-9%), not having a legal driving licence (-17%) or not having suitable insurance (-14%) were among the recorded offences mirroring this downward trend. Drink and drug driving offences bucked this trend though, recording a 2% rise in the past year to partially reverse an 8% fall recorded last year.

Causeway Coast and Glens showed the highest rates for speeding offences (97 per 10,000).