The shocking stats have been revealed by new DVLA data that lifts the lid on how many motorists have come a cropper under the ‘totting-up’ rules. The youngsters, males aged 13 at the time and from South East England and the West Midlands, were suspended from the roads last year. The elderly woman reached the 12-point mark in 2018, more than a year after getting her telegram from the Queen. The way the DVLA releases data means that where the number of drivers is fewer than five it won’t specify a precise figure because “this could lead to the identification of an individual”. Therefore the jaw-dropping numbers could be higher.
The stats, secured via a Freedom of Information request, cover the past four years for England, Scotland and Wales. No females under the legal driving age earned themselves a suspension. The youngest banned under the totting-up rules was 18. But for the males there were at least six 15 year olds and 14 ‘drivers’ aged 16 who qualified for a suspension.
