FOI 254615
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 254615
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 9th June 2023. Please find below the response to your request:
Motorists who display an illegal number plate or an obscured plate can be issued with a Traffic Offence Report (TOR) or a Vehicle Defect Rectification Scheme (VDRS) notice, means they escape a penalty if the fault is fixed within 14 days. Beyond this, if a second offence is caught they could have their number plates revoked.
I would like to know how many traffic offence reports West Mercia Police have made between 1 January 2020 and 8 June 2023 regarding illegal or obscured number plates and how many times those reports were made to a single vehicle - which could result in the number plate being rescinded.
Reply
The number of offences is:
|
|
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023* |
|
Drive a vehicle when the registration mark fails to conform with regulations |
111 |
230 |
271 |
98 |
|
Keep a vehicle when registration mark fails to conform with the regulations |
19 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
|
Total |
130 |
234 |
280 |
100 |
* 1 January – 8 June 2023
The number of VRMs with one or more subsequent VRM offence is 17 – these have been issued on different dates.