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During 2014, a total of 233,130 penalty point endorsement notices were issued, an increase of 10.8% on the previous year. Over three quarters (77.1%) of the penalty point endorsement notices issued in 2014 were for speeding.
Males incurred more penalty point endorsement notices than females in 2014. In cases where gender was recorded, males incurred 122,808 (62.6%) penalty point endorsement notices while females incurred 73,397 (37.4%).

	Penalty endorsement notices by offence type, 2013
Speeding	77.1
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	11.1
Other	11.9

	Penalty point endorsement notices by offence type, 2014
Speeding	77.1
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	11.3
Other	11.6

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Table 3.1 Key figures for penalty point endorsement notices, 2013 and 2014
			Number and rate
Offence type	2013	2014	% Change 2013-2014

Endorsement notices by gender
Male	111,415	122,808	10.2
Female	65,859	73,397	11.4
No gender recorded	33,125	36,925	11.5

Total endorsement notices issued	210,399	233,130	10.8

Sources: Department of Transport, Tourism & Sport and Road Safety Authority

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2014 Table 3.1 (XLS 9KB)

Table 3.2 Number of penalty points¹by county as at 31 December 2013 and 2014

Licensing authority	2013	2014	% Change 2013-2014
Carlow	9,047	9,714	7.4
Cavan	9,454	9,825	3.9
Clare	22,510	23,377	3.9
Cork	70,024	76,902	9.8
Donegal	15,018	15,555	3.6
Dublin	169,388	168,264	-0.7
Galway	31,749	37,974	19.6
Kerry	17,480	18,985	8.6
Kildare	37,018	36,572	-1.2
Kilkenny	14,524	15,185	4.6
Laois	9,663	10,734	11.1
Leitrim	4,896	5,561	13.6
Limerick	30,392	31,281	2.9
Longford	6,606	6,897	4.4
Louth	15,366	15,586	1.4
Mayo	13,978	16,024	14.6
Meath	29,588	29,084	-1.7
Monaghan	6,370	7,349	15.4
Offaly	9,932	11,492	15.7
Roscommon	10,550	11,528	9.3
Sligo	9,448	10,410	10.2
Tipperary	21,440	24,458	14.1
Waterford	16,102	16,003	-0.6
Westmeath	13,253	15,244	15.0
Wexford	20,614	23,027	11.7
Wicklow	24,624	24,984	1.5

Total	639,034	672,015	5.2

No driver number / no Irish licence²	376,936	76,266	-79.8

¹ Penalty point offences are recorded on the offender’s driving licence and remain on the licence for a period of three years.
² For 2013, the figures presented include offences for those who hold foreign driving licences or where no driving licence
number was supplied. In those cases, the period that the offence was on the current driving licence did not count down
and therefore remained as a current offence. From 2014, this practice has been changed to count down penalty points.
Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2014 Table 3.2 (XLS 10KB)

Table 3.3 Top 20 penalty point endorsement notices issued, 2013 - 2014
				Number and rate
Offence type	Penalty points on payment	Penalty points on conviction	2013	2014	% Change 2013-2014

Speeding	3	5	162,304	179,822	10.8
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	3	5	23,291	26,337	13.1
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	3	5	5,005	5,557	11.0
Driving without reasonable consideration	2	4	3,287	3,450	5.0
Fail to obey traffic lights	3	5	3,519	3,340	-5.1
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	3	5	1,877	2,955	57.4
No insurance - (user)	m*	5	2,364	2,786	17.9
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	3	5	1,205	1,277	6.0
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	2	4	1,359	1,131	-16.8
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle	3	5	527	792	50.3
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	3	5	521	627	20.3
Careless Driving	3	5	387	506	30.7
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	3	5	415	478	15.2
22-35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath	3	..	344	385	11.9
Dangerous Driving Reduced to Careless Driving	3	5	375	381	1.6
Entry to hatched marked area	1	3	324	369	13.9
Driver Fail Restrain Child U/3 in Child Restraint	3	5	291	323	11.0
Offence relating to Overtaking	3	5	261	317	21.5
No cert of road worthiness user	3	5	274	311	13.5
Fail to comply with traffic lane markings	1	3	188	229	21.8

m* Mandatory court offence
Sources: Road Safety Authority and Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2014 Table 3.3 (XLS 10KB)

Table 3.4 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and county, 2014
				Number
County	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total

Carlow	1,335	1,887		3,222
Cavan	1,149	1,956		3,105
Clare	2,910	4,102		7,012
Cork	8,016	14,370		22,386
Donegal	1,780	3,140		4,920
Galway	5,211	8,389		13,600
Kerry	2,440	3,965		6,405
Kildare	4,127	6,513		10,640
Kilkenny	1,835	2,799		4,634
Laois	1,151	2,045		3,196
Leitrim	751	945		1,696
Limerick	3,604	5,488		9,092
Longford	618	1,146		1,764
Louth	1,618	2,644		4,262
Mayo	2,118	3,282		5,400
Meath	2,945	4,809		7,754
Monaghan	964	1,568		2,532
Offaly	1,394	2,391		3,785
Roscommon	1,361	2,199		3,560
Sligo	1,405	1,814		3,219
Tipperary	3,318	4,847		8,165
Waterford	1,642	2,966		4,608
Westmeath	1,956	3,049		5,005
Wexford	3,557	4,940		8,497
Wicklow	2,687	4,237		6,924
Dublin	13,505	27,317		40,822
No licence/ no Irish licence			36,925	36,925

Total	73,397	122,808	36,925	233,130

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2014 Table 3.4 (XLS 12KB)

Table 3.5 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender, 2007 - 2014
				Number
Year	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total

2007	77,547	249,197	5,614	332,358
2008	76,140	242,791	4,371	323,302
2009	83,127	194,625	46,933	324,685
2010	73,706	174,312	37,421	285,439
2011	79,109	136,036	42,419	257,564
2012	74,478	125,785	38,808	239,071
2013	65,859	111,415	33,125	210,399
2014	73,397	122,808	36,925	233,130

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2014 Table 3.5 (XLS 9KB)

Table 3.6 Number of penalty point endorsement notices issued by gender and age, 2014
					Number and rate
Age profile	Female	Male	No gender recorded	Total	% of total

Under 21	1,028	3,435		4,463	1.9
21 to 25	5,336	10,384		15,720	6.7
26 to 30	8,319	12,854		21,173	9.1
31 to 35	10,642	16,382		27,024	11.6
36 to 40	10,252	15,690		25,942	11.1
41 to 45	9,908	15,010		24,918	10.7
46 to 50	8,584	13,186		21,770	9.3
51 to 55	4,860	11,100		15,960	6.9
56 to 60	6,935	8,813		15,748	6.8
61 to 65	3,401	6,634		10,035	4.3
over 65	4,132	9,320		13,452	5.8
Date of birth not recorded			36,925	36,925	15.8

Total	73,397	122,808	36,925	233,130	100.0

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2014 Table 3.6 (XLS 9KB)

Table 3.7 Top 20 offences for penalty point endorsement notices issued to males by age group, 2014
								Number
Offence description	Age (years)
Offence description	Under 21	21 to 25	26 to 30	31 to 40	41 to 50	51 to 65	66 and over	Total

Speeding	2,129	7,068	8,984	22,873	21,532	22,033	8,394	93,013
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	288	1,393	2,159	5,608	3,806	2,152	274	15,680
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	220	483	467	849	668	642	209	3,538
Driving without reasonable consideration	294	384	252	536	367	294	95	2,222
Fail to obey traffic lights	120	243	222	530	498	373	116	2,102
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	64	115	78	203	196	151	45	852
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	67	144	149	190	103	57	7	717
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	22	65	86	197	177	148	18	713
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle	17	55	67	169	143	131	29	611
No insurance - (user)	76	137	92	144	76	37	5	567
22-35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath	4	34	26	63	55	74	35	291
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	4	14	42	116	57	23	6	262
Entry to hatched marked area	6	14	24	50	70	46	10	220
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	11	16	20	50	72	36	5	210
Offence relating to Overtaking	13	19	18	52	37	38	7	184
Fail to comply with traffic lane markings	8	8	11	48	44	31	3	153
Driver Fail Restrain Child U/3 in Child Restraint	6	32	19	59	24	9	2	151
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N3 Vehicle		3	10	36	30	47	4	130
Fail to stop before stop sign/stop line	16	32	9	31	19	16	4	127
Driving along/across median strip	5	16	9	30	27	22	5	114

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

Open in Excel: Transport Omnibus 2014 Table 3.7 (XLS 11KB)

Table 3.8 Top 20 offences for penalty point endorsement notices issued to females by age group, 2014
								Number
Offence description	Age (years)
Offence description	Under 21	21 to 25	26 to 30	31 to 40	41 to 50	51 to 65	66 and over	Total

Speeding	805	4,102	6,455	16,950	15,886	13,822	3,963	61,983
Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	92	694	1,233	2,652	1,642	708	57	7,078
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. M1 Vehicle	36	150	156	262	176	147	20	947
Fail to obey traffic lights	21	81	103	214	205	154	18	796
Driving without reasonable consideration	24	86	78	171	155	101	43	658
Use vehicle without NCT certificate	7	30	57	96	55	22	2	269
Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	6	23	27	90	64	53	4	267
Driver Fail Restrain Child O/3 in Child Restraint	2	14	36	110	50	18	1	231
Cross continuous white line/broken white line	6	26	18	64	50	52	9	225
No insurance - (user)	7	35	48	48	27	10	1	176
Driver Fail ensure Passenger U/17 wear Safety Belt	2	17	16	60	57	10		162
Entry to hatched marked area		12	12	28	18	13	1	84
Driver Fail Restrain Child U/3 in Child Restraint	4	12	19	28	12	4		79
Offence relating to Overtaking	3	6	8	22	12	9	1	61
Fail to comply with traffic lane markings		3	7	20	7	12		49
Careless Driving	2	5	5	17	9	2	4	44
22-35mcg of alcohol per 100ml of breath		5	6	9	13	9		42
Fail to stop before stop sign/stop line	3	7	7	9	5	6		37
Adult Failing to wear Safety Belt cat. N1 Vehicle	1	3	3	4	10	11	2	34
Driving along/across median strip	1	3	3	3	13	5		28

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 3.9 Top 10 penalty point endorsement notice offences for males by county, 2014
											Number
County	Total no. of penalty point endorsement notices issued	Speeding	Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. M1 vehicle	Driving without reasonable consideration	Fail to obey traffic lights	Cross continuous white line/broken white line	Use vehicle without NCT certificate	Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. N1 vehicle	No insurance (user)

Carlow	1,887	1,547	172	67	22	12	6	3	13	8	3
Cavan	1,956	1,546	225	34	24	12	13	7	7	11	21
Clare	4,102	3,001	557	215	103	38	26	17	7	30	27
Cork	14,370	10,386	2,327	417	256	284	141	51	45	35	39
Donegal	3,140	2,501	235	89	71	21	34	8	1	53	34
Galway	8,389	5,801	1,458	368	206	116	42	65	9	81	36
Kerry	3,965	3,199	411	80	76	22	66	3	6	15	4
Kildare	6,513	5,049	858	144	131	122	30	15	30	21	14
Kilkenny	2,799	2,220	318	87	43	20	15	2	11	13	2
Laois	2,045	1,501	310	66	46	19	20	13	8	8	9
Leitrim	945	810	84	17	7	3	4	4		5	1
Limerick	5,488	4,358	572	172	101	53	29	21	12	22	16
Longford	1,146	843	141	38	27	6	14	9		12	22
Louth	2,644	2,188	240	39	39	30	17	13	15	14	5
Mayo	3,282	2,566	402	87	41	27	46	8	4	10	15
Meath	4,809	3,595	710	108	67	88	58	20	30	18	22
Monaghan	1,568	1,258	167	22	20	8	20	3	5	3	7
Offaly	2,391	1,712	353	84	50	15	20	27	2	27	18
Roscommon	2,199	1,625	274	98	39	8	23	14	4	48	14
Sligo	1,814	1,526	160	35	27	7	11	5	7	5	3
Tipperary	4,847	3,986	442	137	72	29	35	15	6	6	27
Waterford	2,966	2,221	399	112	55	30	23	15	5	17	16
Westmeath	3,049	2,270	393	119	54	30	21	25	4	31	23
Wexford	4,940	3,915	572	178	51	15	10	24	10	20	12
Wicklow	4,237	3,291	486	124	62	71	20	36	25	31	11
Dublin	27,317	20,098	3,414	601	532	1,016	108	294	447	67	166

Total	122,808	93,013	15,680	3,538	2,222	2,102	852	717	713	611	567

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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Table 3.10 Top 10 penalty point endorsement notice offences for females by county, 2014
											Number
County	Total no. of penalty point endorsement notices issued	Speeding	Driving a vehicle while holding a mobile phone	Adult failing to wear safety belt cat. M1 vehicle	Fail to obey traffic lights	Driving without reasonable consideration	Use vehicle without NCT certificate	Fail to comply with prohibitory traffic signs	Driver fail restrain child O/3 in child restraint	Cross continuous white line/broken white line	No insurance (user)

Carlow	1,335	1,218	74	14	8	9	1	1	3	1
Cavan	1,149	1,000	111	7		6	1	2	2	4	5
Clare	2,910	2,398	299	69	18	41	16	5	10	13	7
Cork	8,016	6,479	1,007	99	132	71	25	14	27	31	10
Donegal	1,780	1,608	86	18	8	16	2	1		7	4
Galway	5,211	4,104	753	85	54	90	15	7	24	11	11
Kerry	2,440	2,122	218	22	7	14		2	11	17	1
Kildare	4,127	3,579	380	34	41	28	8	9	9	12	6
Kilkenny	1,835	1,570	172	30	12	19	3	4	5	6	2
Laois	1,151	949	137	13	8	16	4	4	8	2	4
Leitrim	751	697	34	4		1	3		2	2
Limerick	3,604	3,109	316	59	25	24	4	5	10	6	1
Longford	618	515	60	7	7	6	3		4	5	2
Louth	1,618	1,488	75	9	13	12	2	1	4	3	1
Mayo	2,118	1,861	185	14	8	14	1	3	3	7	2
Meath	2,945	2,509	290	37	27	22	10	6	2	11	2
Monaghan	964	850	64	2	12	6		1		5	4
Offaly	1,394	1,151	147	22	5	20	4	1	11	9	6
Roscommon	1,361	1,169	111	25	5	13	4	1	11	5	5
Sligo	1,405	1,307	65	5	7	1		1	1	8	2
Tipperary	3,318	2,990	212	35	6	18	6	9	9	11	3
Waterford	1,642	1,339	180	39	19	31	5	1	1	4	4
Westmeath	1,956	1,666	173	45	5	16	13	1	4	8	12
Wexford	3,557	3,119	271	72	6	11	13	1	31	5	1
Wicklow	2,687	2,302	236	40	29	14	9	9	5	6	7
Dublin	13,505	10,884	1,422	141	334	139	117	178	34	26	74

Total	73,397	61,983	7,078	947	796	658	269	267	231	225	176

Source: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport

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