FOI 1145/26

REQUEST

I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Please provide the number of people (drivers and passengers) issued with a fixed penalty notice or other enforcement notice for failing to wear a seatbelt in a motor vehicle, for each of the following calendar years:

• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 2020
• 2021
• 2022
• 2023
• 2024
• 2025

If the information is recorded as the number of offences/notices rather than the number of individuals, please provide that figure instead.

RESPONSE

We have consulted with our Motoring Unit (MU) who have provided the following information in relation to your request.

Please see below the number of people (drivers and passengers) issued with fixed penalty notices/enforcement notices for failing to wear a seatbelt in a motor vehicle, for each of the following calendar years:

• 2016 – no data held on our systems for this year
• 2017 - 265
• 2018 - 1
• 2019 - 159
• 2020 - 327
• 2021 - 215
• 2022 - 226
• 2023 - 112
• 2024 - 162
• 2025 – 182
• 2026 (01/01/26 – 01/09/26) - 221