What are driving-offence endorsement codes and penalty points?

IF you are convicted of a motoring offence in the UK, the courts have a number of penalties that they can impose depending on the severity of your offence. You could be fined, disqualified from driving, imprisoned or a combination of all three. Even for less serious offences, it’s also likely that your driving licence will be ‘endorsed’ with penalty points and an endorsement code.

These endorsements stay on your driving licence record for either four or 11 years, depending on the offence. If you accumulate 12 or more points on your licence over a period of three years, you risk being disqualified from driving under the ‘totting-up’ process. If that happens, you’ll see the endorsement code TT99 on your driving-licence record.

THESE ARE ALL THE DRIVING OFFENCE CODES:

AC10, 20, 30 – Offences around not reporting an accident

BA10, 30, 40, 60 – Driving while disqualified offences

CD10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60 – Careless/inconsiderate driving offences CU10, 20, 30, 40 – Using a vehicle with defects

CU50 – Causing or likely to cause danger by reason of load or passenger CU80 – Breach of requirements related to the control of the vehicle, such as using a mobile phone

DD10, 40, 60, 80, 90 – Reckless/dangerous driving offences

DR10, 20, 30, 31, 61, 40, 50, 60, 70 – Drink-driving offences

DG10, 60, 40 ,70, 90 – Drug-driving offences

IN10 – Using a vehicle uninsured against third party risks

LC20, 30, 40, 50 – Licence offences

MS10, 20, 30, 50, 60, 70, 80, 90 – Miscellaneous offences, including having defective eyesight and leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position MW10 – Contravention of special roads (motorway) regulations (excluding speed limits)

PC10, 20, 30 – Pedestrian crossing offences

SP10, 20, 30, 40, 50 – Speeding

TS10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 79 – Traffic-sign offences

UT10 – Aggravated taking of a vehicle