Offence
Drive motor vehicle on a road with child passenger aged 3 to 13 years sat in rear and not wearing a seat belt
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
- 61
- Courts listing it
- 45
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (61)
- Official offence code
- RT88515
- The law
- Contrary to section 15(3)(b) and (4) 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 (4 hearings)
- Willesden Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Loughborough (3 hearings)
- Stratford Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Bromley Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Kirklees (Huddersfield) Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Reading Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Sheffield Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Southampton (West Hampshire) Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Bath (1 hearing)
- Bexley Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Blackburn Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Caernarfon Justice Centre (1 hearing)
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- Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - non-endorsable 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 / keep a motor vehicle - fail to comply with off-road notification
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer with tyre with any of the ply / cord exposed