MOT Offences (FOI Ref:2108A/25)

Request

Please could you provide the following data regarding MOT-related fines issued by your force for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (with 2025 data provided up to the most recent available date):

1. The number of fines issued to motorists for not having a valid MOT.
2. The number of fines paid.
3. The number of fines cancelled.
4. The number of cases/fines referred to court.

If possible, please provide the data broken down by calendar year.   

Response

Please find enclosed our response.

Please could you provide the following data regarding MOT-related fines issued by your force for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 (with 2025 data provided up to the most recent available date):

1. The number of fines issued to motorists for not having a valid MOT.
2. The number of fines paid.
3. The number of fines cancelled.
4. The number of cases/fines referred to court.

NOTE – this data only includes SINGLE offence matters.  Where more than one offence was dealt with at the time, this data is not included (e.g. no MOT and no insurance).

‘Not completed’ – still open on our systems.

Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that this data has been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request may be 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 the data. 

The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of data which has relevance 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.