More than three per cent of drivers in a Hull postcode have at least six points on their licence.
One in every 30 drivers in the HU2 postcode have got six points or more on their licence, according to latest DVLA data. The area, which covers north of the city centre and Wincolmlee, has 55 motorists with six points or more.
Getting 12 points or more on your driving licence within three years can lead to an automatic disqualification. The Humber-region postcode area with the most drivers with six points or more on their licence is DN15, with 498 different motorists.
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This postcode covers the likes of Appleby, Burton-upon-Stather, Winterton and part of Scunthorpe. Overall, one in 44 drivers in the DN15 postcode has six points or more on their licence.
Three of the top four Humber-area postcode areas with the highest proportion of drivers with six or more penalty points are in Hull, the others with high proportions being HU1 and HU3. In HU1, covering Albert Dock, the city centre and Old Town, one in 34 drivers has half a dozen points.
Within HU3, which covers Spring Bank, the western part of Hull city centre and St Andrew's Quay, at least one driver in 37 has six or more points on their licence. See below to find the number of drivers in your postcode area who have racked up six points or more on their licence.
The most common driving offences in Great Britain are for speeding, whether on public roads, or on a motorway. Another common offence is driving without insurance. This automatically triggers a minimum of six points on a driving licence.
The DVLA data on penalty points by postcode area comes after Legal Experts.com obtained data showing a 40 per cent increase in hit-and-run incidents in the Humber region in the last three years. While incidents involving human casualties are rare, the offence includes any case where injury or damage has been caused, and the driver does not stop. The failure to stop offence can include a punishment of five to ten penalty points on a licence.
Meanwhile, this year the Office for the Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner (OPCC) has used £65,000 of Department for Transport funding to offer free dashcams to hundreds of motorists and cyclists in the force area. The cash was granted in March, and over 250 dashcams had been given out by July. Phase two, beginning then, was to see another 85 dashcams distributed. These were supplied by Road Angel, an award-winning UK manufacturer, and would be installed by Halfords.
The OPCC stated in July it hoped to have a third phase of the dashcam distribution in early September, with another 100 Road Angel dashcams distributed. The dashcams can enable reports to the Operation Snap platform to submit footage of traffic offences, ranging from dangerous driving to illegal parking outside schools.
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