Offence
Use a motor vehicle / trailer with tyre with any of the ply / cord exposed
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
- 220
- Upcoming hearings
- 7
- Next listed date
- Mon, 26 October 2026
- Courts listing it
- 79
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (220)
- Official offence code
- RC86403
- The law
- Contrary to regulation 27(1)(e) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, section 41A 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 (12 hearings)
- Reading Magistrates' Court (10 hearings)
- Plymouth Magistrates' Court (8 hearings)
- Stratford Magistrates' Court (7 hearings)
- Guildford Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Llanelli (6 hearings)
- Southampton (West Hampshire) Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Willesden Magistrates' Court (6 hearings)
- Basildon Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Hendon Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Ipswich Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Romford Magistrates' Court (5 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Chesterfield Justice Centre (4 hearings)
Related offences
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer with equipment likely to cause danger of injury
- Drive motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit
- Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - endorsable offence
- Fail to co-operate with a preliminary test - motor vehicle offence
- Drive a motor vehicle otherwise than in accordance with a licence - non-endorsable offence
- Vehicle interference - motor vehicle
- In charge of a motor vehicle with proportion of specified controlled drug above specified limit
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer in a condition likely to cause danger of injury