Offence
Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - endorsable offence
How often this offence appears in the published court listings for England and Wales, which courts list it most and where to read the official sentencing guideline.
- Hearings listed
- 8,056
- Upcoming hearings
- 126
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 146
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (8,056)
- Sentencing guideline
- Drive otherwise than in accordance with licence
- Official offence code
- RT88334
- The law
- Contrary to section 87(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
- Can lead to prison
- No
Courts that list it most
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (520 hearings)
- Willesden Magistrates' Court (270 hearings)
- Stratford Magistrates' Court (188 hearings)
- Sheffield Magistrates' Court (177 hearings)
- Manchester Magistrates' Court (176 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (158 hearings)
- North Staffordshire Justice Centre (153 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (132 hearings)
- Northampton Magistrates' Court (131 hearings)
- Croydon Magistrates' Court (128 hearings)
- Bromley Magistrates' Court (124 hearings)
- Nottingham Magistrates' Court (121 hearings)
- Uxbridge Magistrates' Court (119 hearings)
- Teesside Magistrates' Court (110 hearings)
- Liverpool & Knowsley Magistrates' Court (108 hearings)
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- Use a handheld mobile phone / device while driving a motor vehicle on a road - endorsable offence
- Fail to co-operate with a preliminary test - motor vehicle offence
- Drive a motor vehicle on a road after refusal of grant / revocation of driving licence on account of disability
- Use a passenger vehicle with tyres with insufficient tread - less than 1.6mm
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer with tyre with any of the ply / cord exposed