Retraining courses to avoid fines taken by record 1.8m offending drivers in 2022

More than four out of five of last year’s attendees went on speed awareness courses, which aim to help people identify speed limits.

The courses – which can be taken at a venue or online – cost up to £95 and last two hours and 45 minutes (Andrew Matthews/PA) (PA Archive)

A fifth more drivers caught committing road offences were allowed to take retraining courses to avoid prosecution last year.

Some 1.8 million motorists completed a course in 2022 as an alternative to fines and possible penalty points, according to figures from UK Road Offender Education seen by the PA news agency.

That is up from 1.5 million during the previous year and represents the highest annual total in records dating back to 2014.