South Yorkshire courts convict 2,392 drivers for no insurance in 2025
Courts convicted 2,392 drivers in the South Yorkshire force area of driving without insurance in 2025, new analysis of Ministry of Justice records shows.
That is 30.7 convictions for every 10,000 vehicles on the area's roads, 1.5 times the England and Wales average and the 4th highest rate of the 42 police force areas in England and Wales.
Convictions in the area were up 14.1 per cent on 2024 and up 32.2 per cent on 2019. The average fine was £454, and 24 per cent of those convicted were disqualified from driving.
Police can seize a vehicle driven without insurance at the roadside. South Yorkshire Police seized 14,195 vehicles for the offence between 2018 and September 2022, according to a freedom of information request by the AA.
Across England and Wales, courts convicted 76,983 drivers of having no insurance in 2025, up 7.0 per cent on 2024 and the second year in a row the figure has risen. The average fine was £467, 97.5 per cent of those convicted were fined and 21.9 per cent were disqualified. The average annual premium paid for car insurance is £566, according to the Association of British Insurers, so for many drivers the fine for being caught is now lower than the cost of a year's cover.