Using a mobile phone and driving

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/25/2989

Version Date: 25/03/2025 

The Central Ticket Office (CTO) have provided the following information. 

Dorset Police issue paper Traffic Offence Reports (TOR’s) or submit Digital Traffic Offence Reports (PRONTO) which result in ‘Conditional offer of fixed penalty’ or ‘Court’.

The data therefore identifies the number of NIPs / TORs / PRONTO processed at the Central Ticket Office where the outcome is one of ‘Conditional offer of fixed penalty’ or ‘Court’.

The data does not include TORs or PRONTO submissions which have been issued/submitted by officers, but to date have not been processed within the CTO.

These figures do not include cancelled offences.

Code CU80 is a DVLA endorsement code which Dorset Police do not use.

Figures for the number of Fixed Penalty Notices issued by your police force to drivers for the offence of using a mobile phone while driving (endorsement code CU80).

I am seeking figures for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date, broken down by year.