Offence
Use on a road a motor vehicle / trailer with a load which was insecure / in a position likely to cause danger
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
- 47
- Courts listing it
- 37
- Heard in
- Magistrates' Court (47)
- Official offence code
- RC86534
- The law
- Contrary to regulation 100(2) of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, section 42 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
- Hull and Holderness Magistrates' Court (4 hearings)
- Willesden Magistrates' Court (3 hearings)
- Bradford and Keighley Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Chester Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Lavender Hill Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Lincoln Magistrates' Court (2 hearings)
- Llanelli (2 hearings)
- Basingstoke (1 hearing)
- Bexley Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Birmingham Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Burnley Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Cannock Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Carlisle Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Chelmsford Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
- Grimsby Magistrates' Court (1 hearing)
Related offences
- Use on a road a motor vehicle / trailer - danger of injury due to weight / position / distribution / security of load
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer with equipment likely to cause danger of injury
- Use on a road a motor vehicle / trailer in such a condition it caused / was likely to cause danger
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer in a condition likely to cause danger of injury
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer the number of passenger / manner carried likely to cause danger
- Use a motor vehicle / trailer with tyre with any of the ply / cord exposed
- Use / keep a motor vehicle - fail to comply with off-road notification
- Use a motor vehicle on a road when there was insufficient transmission of light through the vehicle glass