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Number of motorists caught driving while banned on the increase

The number of people in Britain caught disregarding driving bans rose 7.5% last year, new research finds.

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14,500 people were caught driving without a licence last year.

According to figures obtained by BBC Radio 5 live from the DVLA, around 14,500 people were caught driving without a licence last year. Examples included a motorist who was caught driving while banned four times in 12 months. The same person was also convicted for failing to stop and driving without insurance at least three times. 

Gloucestershire Chief Constable Suzette Davenport, road policing lead for the National Police Chiefs Council, told the BBC: “Generally some people who are disqualified will also be involved in other types of criminality and that might have contributed to them being banned.

“But they’ll be people who are driving without insurance because they can’t get insurance, because they’re disqualified drivers, and so that immediately poses a risk to all of us.”

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Natalie Middleton

Natalie has worked as a fleet journalist for over 20 years, previously as assistant editor on the former Company Car magazine before joining Fleet World in 2006. Prior to this, she worked on a range of B2B titles, including Insurance Age and Insurance Day.