More than 3,000 fixed penalty notices were issued for driving offences the borough last year, new figures have shown.

Road safety charity Brake released figures today, as it launched its Road Safety Week.

Across Enfield borough, 3,105 fixed penalty notices were issued for speeding and 108 for careless driving, which became a fixed penalty offence in August 2013.

Enfield’s worst postcode was EN3, which covers Enfield Lock, Enfield Highway, Enfield Island Village and Ponders End with a total of 533 offences in 2013.

The best came in N18, Upper Edmonton with 259 penalties last year.

Julie Townsend, deputy chief executive, Brake, said: “When drivers use roads without care for others the consequences can be tragic and horrific – people killed and badly injured, lives ruined forever, because of a moment of impatience or selfishness."

In the capital, a total of 73,804 of fixed penalty notices were issued, 2,275 for careless driving and 71,529 for speeding.

The worst postcode in the country for speeding was SL6, in Maidenhead, where 1,831 offences. Stoke-on-Trent’s ST3 postcode was the worst for penalties of careless driving with 45.

Brake has released figures showing how many fixed penalty notices were issued by postcode area last year. See the stats below. The figures relate to the home address of the offender, not the location where the offence occurred.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Postcode                            Careless driving        Speeding                 Total

  • En1                                     14                           462                        476
  • En2                                     7                             323                        330
  • En3                                     19                           514                        533
  • N9                                       24                           385                       409
  • N11                                     6                             265                        271
  • N13                                     9                             286                        295
  • N14                                     8                             327                        335
  • N18                                     16                           243                        259
  • N21                                     5                             300                        305
  • Overall                               108                       3,105                     3,213