Tow Legal -Tow Safe Statistics
| April 1999 | 10th | 11th | 17th | 18th | Totals | ||||
| Total number of vehicles checked | 40 | 45 | 25 | 31 | 141 | ||||
| Number of cars checked | 32 | 33 | 17 | 25 | 107 | ||||
| Number of Light Goods Vehicles checked | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 20 | ||||
| Number of other vehicle types checked | 2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 14 | ||||
| Number of trailers checked | 27 | 33 | 16 | 8 | 74 | ||||
| Number of caravans checked | 11 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 63 | ||||
| Number of offences detected | 68 | 89 | 31 | 34 | 222 | ||||
| Gross Vehicle Weight offences detected | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| Gross Train Weight offences detected | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||||
| Axle 1 (towing vehicle front axle) offences detected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Axle 2 (towing vehicle rear axle) offences detected | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||||
| Axle 3 (trailer/front of trailer) offences detected | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | ||||
| Axle 4 (trailer 2nd axle) offences detected | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Vehicle/combination length offences detected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trailer length offences detected | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Trailer width offences detected | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||||
| Towing attachment offences detected | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||||
| Towbar Type Approval offences detected | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| Towing attachment condition faults | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | ||||
| Secondary coupling faults | 0 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Break-away cable defects/offences | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||||
| Vehicle lighting offences | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||
| Trailer lighting offences | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | ||||
| Vehicle tyre offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Trailer tyre offences | 3 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| Vehicle braking defects/offences | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Trailer braking defects/offences | 8 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 23 | ||||
| Noseweight offences detected | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Trailer electrical faults detected | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Number of trailers prohibited | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Number of offenders reported | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 23 | ||||
| Number of vehicle defect notices issued | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||||
| Number of offenders cautioned | 16 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 74 | ||||
| Number of requests for documents to be produced (HO/RT1) | 28 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 98 |