Offences regarding noisy or illegal exhaust
28th May 2025
Our Ref: FOI2025/03700
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref No: FOI2025/03700
I write in connection with your request for information received on 28th April. I note you seek access to the following information:
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I would like to request the following information:
1. The number of drivers:
a. stopped,
b. fined, or
c. prosecuted
for offences related to illegal or excessively noisy exhaust systems, under the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, for each of the calendar years:
2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 to date.
2. The number of Section 59 warnings (Police Reform Act 2002) issued for vehicles causing: alarm, distress, or annoyance due to exhaust noise, over the same time period.
3. If available, the top five locations (e.g., streets, towns, areas) within your force area where the highest number of such offences or warnings were recorded.
4. If available, the highest recorded decibel readings from any enforcement equipment (e.g., sound meters) used to measure vehicle noise
I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.
Response - Following enquiries within the Constabulary please see our response below.
|
Offence description |
Notice Type |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
Use a motor vehicle on a road in a manner as to cause excessive noise |
Non Endorsable Notice |
- |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
|
Use a motor vehicle on a road which was not fitted with an exhaust system including a silencer |
Non Endorsable Notice |
- |
- |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Use a motor vehicle on a road which was not fitted with an exhaust system including a silencer |
VDRS Notice |
- |
- |
3 |
1 |
- |
- |
|
Use a motor vehicle on a road with a defective exhaust system / silencer |
VDRS Notice |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
Use a motor vehicle on a road with silencer / exhaust system altered to increased the noise made |
Non Endorsable Notice |
- |
6 |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
|
Use a vehicle on a road with an exhaust system / silencer not maintained in a good and efficient working order |
Non Endorsable Notice |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
|
Use a vehicle on a road with an exhaust system / silencer not maintained in a good and efficient working order |
VDRS Notice |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- CTC does not hold data on Warnings
- The towns the tickets above were issued in by year:
|
Town |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
|
March |
- |
4 |
- | - | - | - |
|
Cambridge |
- |
1 |
- | - |
1 |
- |
|
Chatteris |
- |
1 |
1 |
- | - | - |
|
Ely |
- | - |
2 |
- | - | - |
|
Godmanchester |
- | - |
1 |
- | - | - |
|
Littleport |
- | - |
1 |
- | - | - |
|
Manea |
- |
1 |
- | - | - | - |
|
Peterborough |
1 |
2 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
- |
|
St Ives |
- |
1 |
- | - | - | - |
|
St Neots |
2 |
- | - | - | - | - |
|
Wisbech |
- | - | - | - | - |
1 |
|
Huntingdon |
- |
1 |
- |
2 |
- | - |
|
March |
- |
4 |
- | - | - | - |
|
Cambridge |
- |
1 |
- | - |
1 |
- |
|
Chatteris |
- |
1 |
1 |
- | - | - |
|
Ely |
- | - |
2 |
- | - | - |
|
Godmanchester |
- | - |
1 |
- | - | - |
|
Littleport |
- | - |
1 |
- | - | - |
|
Manea |
- |
1 |
- | - | - | - |
- CTC does not hold data on decibels.
The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.