What Are Motoring Conviction Codes?

Most motoring convictions show on your driving record as a code made of two letters and two numbers, such as SP30 or DR10. Endorsement codes carry penalty points on a scale of 1 to 11 and stay on your record for 4 or 11 years, depending on the offence. Some offences may also involve a disqualification. For codes with a 3 to 11 range, a ban is compulsory, and the points only apply if the court exceptionally doesn't ban you.

Find your code in the tables below to see its points and how long it stays on your record. Most codes link to their own page.

All Motoring Conviction Codes

Each code below shows its points and how long it stays on your record. Most codes link to their own page.

Drink Driving (DR Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
DR10 DR10: Driving or attempting to drive over the alcohol limitThe main drink driving code 3–11 11 years
DR20 DR20: Driving or attempting to drive while unfit through drink 3–11 11 years
DR30 DR30: Driving or attempting to drive, then failing to give a specimen for analysis 3–11 11 years
DR31 DR31: Driving or attempting to drive, then refusing permission to analyse a blood sample taken without consent because of incapacity 3–11 11 years
DR40 DR40: In charge of a vehicle over the alcohol limit 10 4 years
DR50 DR50: In charge of a vehicle while unfit through drink 10 4 years
DR60 DR60: Failing to give a specimen for analysis when not driving or attempting to drive 10 4 years
DR61 DR61: Refusing permission to analyse a blood sample taken without consent because of incapacity, when not driving or attempting to drive 10 11 years
DR70 DR70: Failing to co-operate with a preliminary test 4 4 years

Drug Driving (DG And DR Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
DG10 DG10: Driving or attempting to drive with a drug level above the limitThe main drug driving code 3–11 11 years
DG40 DG40: In charge of a vehicle with a drug level above the limit 10 4 years
DG60 DG60: Causing death by careless driving with a drug level above the limit 3–11 11 years
DR80 DR80: Driving or attempting to drive while unfit through drugs 3–11 11 years
DR90 DR90: In charge of a vehicle while unfit through drugs 10 4 years

Careless Driving (CD Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
CD10 CD10: Driving without due care and attentionThe main careless driving code 3–9 4 years
CD20 CD20: Driving without reasonable consideration for other road users 3–9 4 years
CD30 CD30: Driving without due care and attention or without reasonable consideration for others 3–9 4 years
CD33 CD33: Causing serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving 3–11 4 years
CD40 CD40: Causing death by careless driving while unfit through drink 3–11 11 years
CD50 CD50: Causing death by careless driving while unfit through drugs 3–11 11 years
CD60 CD60: Causing death by careless driving over the alcohol limit 3–11 11 years
CD70 CD70: Causing death by careless driving, then failing to give a specimen for alcohol analysis 3–11 11 years
CD80 CD80: Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving 3–11 4 years
CD90 CD90: Causing death by driving while unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured 3–11 4 years

Dangerous Driving (DD Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
DD40 DD40: Dangerous drivingThe main dangerous driving code 3–11 4 years
DD10 DD10: Causing serious injury by dangerous driving 3–11 4 years
DD60 DD60: Manslaughter or culpable homicide while driving a vehicle 3–11 4 years
DD80 DD80: Causing death by dangerous driving 3–11 4 years
DD90 DD90: Furious driving 3–9 4 years

Disqualified Driving (BA Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
BA10 BA10: Driving while disqualified by a courtThe main disqualified driving code 6 4 years
BA30 BA30: Attempting to drive while disqualified by a court 6 4 years
BA40 BA40: Causing death by driving while disqualified 3–11 4 years
BA60 BA60: Causing serious injury by driving while disqualified 3–11 4 years

Construction And Use (CU Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
CU80 CU80: Not in proper control of the vehicle, such as using a mobile phoneThe main construction and use code 3–6 4 years
CU10 CU10: Using a vehicle with defective brakes 3 4 years
CU20 CU20: Causing or likely to cause danger with an unsuitable vehicle, or parts or accessories in a dangerous condition (not brakes, steering or tyres) 3 4 years
CU30 CU30: Using a vehicle with defective tyres 3 4 years
CU40 CU40: Using a vehicle with defective steering 3 4 years
CU50 CU50: Causing or likely to cause danger through the load or passengers 3 4 years

Speeding (SP Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
SP10 SP10: Going over the speed limit for goods vehicles 3–6 4 years
SP20 SP20: Going over the speed limit for the type of vehicle (not goods or passenger vehicles) 3–6 4 years
SP30 SP30: Going over the speed limit on a public road 3–6 4 years
SP40 SP40: Going over the speed limit for passenger vehicles 3–6 4 years
SP50 SP50: Going over the speed limit on a motorway 3–6 4 years

Traffic Signs (TS Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
TS10 TS10: Not following traffic light signals 3 4 years
TS20 TS20: Not following double white lines 3 4 years
TS30 TS30: Not following a stop sign 3 4 years
TS40 TS40: Not following directions from a police officer or traffic warden 3 4 years
TS50 TS50: Not following a traffic sign (not stop signs, traffic lights or double white lines) 3 4 years
TS60 TS60: Not following a school crossing patrol sign 3 4 years
TS70 TS70: Undefined failure to follow a traffic direction sign 3 4 years

Licence Offences (LC Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
LC20 LC20: Driving otherwise than in line with your licence 3–6 4 years
LC30 LC30: Driving after a false declaration about fitness when applying for a licence 3–6 4 years
LC40 LC40: Driving having failed to notify a disability 3–6 4 years
LC50 LC50: Driving after a licence was revoked or refused on medical grounds 3–6 4 years

Accident Offences (AC Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
AC10 AC10: Failing to stop after an accident 5–10 4 years
AC20 AC20: Failing to give your details or report an accident within 24 hours 5–10 4 years
AC30 AC30: Undefined accident offences 4–9 4 years

Pedestrian Crossings (PC Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
PC10 PC10: Undefined pedestrian crossing offence 3 4 years
PC20 PC20: Pedestrian crossing offence with a moving vehicle 3 4 years
PC30 PC30: Pedestrian crossing offence with a stationary vehicle 3 4 years

Miscellaneous (MS Codes)

Code Offence Points On your record
MS10 MS10: Leaving a vehicle in a dangerous position 3 4 years
MS20 MS20: Unlawful pillion riding 3 4 years
MS30 MS30: Play street offences 2 4 years
MS50 MS50: Motor racing on the highway 3–11 4 years
MS60 MS60: Offences not covered by other codes, including breach of requirements as to control of the vehicle 3 4 years
MS70 MS70: Driving with uncorrected defective eyesight 3 4 years
MS80 MS80: Refusing an eyesight test 3 4 years
MS90 MS90: Failing to give information about who was driving 6 4 years

Insurance, Motorways, Vehicle Taking And Totting Up

Code Offence Points On your record
IN10 IN10: Using a vehicle without third party insurance 6–8 4 years
MW10 MW10: Breaking special roads (motorway) rules, not speed limits 3 4 years
TT99 TT99: Ban for reaching 12 or more points within 3 years (totting up) Not listed 4 years
UT50 UT50: Aggravated taking of a vehicle 3–11 4 years

The time runs from the date of conviction for 11-year codes and for DD codes, BA40, BA60, CD80, CD90 and TT99. For the rest it runs from the date of the offence, or from conviction if you were banned.

Some codes carry no points and aren't listed above. NE codes (NE96 to NE99) record a ban without points, and MR codes (MR09 to MR59) record a ban from driving in the Republic of Ireland.

If your code ends in 2, 4 or 6 instead of 0 (such as LC22, LC24 or DD46), it's for helping someone else commit the offence (2), causing or permitting it (4), or encouraging it (6). The points are the same as the code ending in 0, with one exception: helping with an offence that carries a compulsory ban, such as DR12, carries 10 points, and a ban is then up to the court.

CD90 uses DVLA's wording. Since 13 April 2015, causing death by driving while disqualified has been a separate offence, BA40.

Not sure which code you have? It's on your driving record, which you can check on GOV.UK's view your driving licence service.

Got a Northern Ireland licence? Your codes look different, so check them on nidirect's view your NI driving licence service.

For how a conviction can change your insurance price and what to tell insurers, read our guide to convictions and car insurance.