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Licence statistics updated quarterly

Note: Annual registration and licensing statistics can be downloaded and viewed from the box at the bottom of this page.

Note: Fine defaults increased in Quarter 3 2009 as a result of increased requests from the NSW State Debt Recovery Office (SDRO) for licence suspensions.

Quarter Provisional licences cancelled
Jan - Mar 2007 1,951
Apr - Jun 2007 1,982
Jul - Sep 2007 2,005
Oct - Dec 2007 2,001
Jan - Mar 2008 1,997
Apr - Jun 2008 1,974
Jul - Sep 2008 1,651
Oct - Dec 2008 1,932
Jan - Mar 2009 1,696
Apr - Jun 2009 1,409
Jul - Sep 2009 810
Quarter Total licences cancelled
Jan - Mar 2007 7,773
Apr - Jun 2007 8,223
Jul - Sep 2007 7,856
Oct - Dec 2007 7,870
Jan - Mar 2008 8,085
Apr - Jun 2008 8,475
Jul - Sep 2008 7,138
Oct - Dec 2008 7,671
Jan - Mar 2009 6,411
Apr - Jun 2009 5,333
Jul - Sep 2009 3,620
Quarter Provisional licences suspended
Jan - Mar 2007 9,265
Apr - Jun 2007 11,208
Jul - Sep 2007 11,312
Oct - Dec 2007 11,674
Jan - Mar 2008 13,601
Apr - Jun 2008 16,262
Jul - Sep 2007 14,139
Oct - Dec 2008 12,273
Jan - Mar 2009 15,190
Apr - Jun 2009 13,523
Jul - Sep 2009 17,339
Quarter Total licences suspended
Jan - Mar 2007 34,867
Apr - Jun 2007 40,360
Jul - Sep 2007 41,800
Oct - Dec 2007 40,908
Jan - Mar 2008 49,387
Apr - Jun 2008 56,591
Jul - Sep 2008 48,257
Oct - Dec 2008 45,561
Jan - Mar 2009 56,253
Apr - Jun 2009 13,759
Jul - Sep 2009 68,454

Provisional licences suspended - breakdown

Quarter Demerit point Excess speeding Combined demerit and speeding
Jan - Mar 2007 4,665 352 722
Apr - Jun 2007 6,107 277 742
Jul - Sep 2007 5,939 328 764
Oct - Dec 2007 6,636 309 601
Jan - Mar 2008 8,186 275 652
Apr - Jun 2008 9,830 269 731
Jul - Sep 2008 8,595 280 641
Oct - Dec 2008 6,874 255 572
Jan - Mar 2009 8,702 306 586
Apr - Jun 2009 7,728 199 465
Jul - Sep 2009 8,543 169 380
Quarter Police suspensions Medical or fine defaults
Jan - Mar 2007 251 3,275
Apr - Jun 2007 290 3,792
Jul - Sep 2007 273 4,008
Oct - Dec 2007 269 3,859
Jan - Mar 2008 275 4,213
Apr - Jun 2008 324 5,108
Jul - Sep 2008 615 4,008
Oct - Dec 2008 655 3,917
Jan - Mar 2009 654 4,766
Apr - Jun 2009 1,023 4,344
Jul - Sep 2009 1,104 7,143

Total licences suspended - breakdown

Quarter Demerit point Excessive speeding Combined demerit and speeding
Jan - Mar 2007 7,901 2,205 959
Apr - Jun 2007 10,908 1,989 957
Jul - Sep 2007 10,367 2,271 986
Oct - Dec 2007 11,379 1,959 795
Jan - Mar 2008 14,376 2,042 867
Apr - Jun 2008 17,783 2,095 769
Jul - Sep 2008 15,936 2,014 711
Oct - Dec 2008 12,968 1,982 1,253
Jan - Mar 2009 16,378 2,201 960
Apr - Jun 2009 13,397 1,422 693
Jul - Sep 2009 14,791 1,624 635
Quarter Police suspensions Medical or fine defaults
Jan - Mar 2007 912 21,349
Apr - Jun 2007 1,076 23,642
Jul - Sep 2007 1,055 25,271
Oct - Dec 2007 1,120 23,848
Jan - Mar 2008 1,125 28,798
Apr - Jun 2009 1,197 32,151
Jul - Sep 2008 1,260 25,541
Oct - Dec 2008 1,887 25,057
Jan - Mar 2009 2,141 30,873
Apr - Jun 2009 3,412 28,282
Jul - Sep 2009 4,037 47,367

Number of people who passed the Driver Knowledge Test

Quarter People who passed the Driver Knowledge Test
Jan - Mar 2007 42,161
Apr - Jun 2007 59,089
Jul - Sep 2007 32,438
Oct - Dec 2007 35,085
Jan - Mar 2008 39,294
Apr - Jun 2008 41,363
Jul - Sep 2008 36,362
Oct - Dec 2008 37,658
Jan - Mar 2009 41,789
Apr - Jun 2009 42,421
Jul - Sep 2009 39,349

Number of licence holders with 10 or more demerit points

Quarter Licence holders with 10 or more demerit points
Jan - Mar 2007 14,209
Apr - Jun 2007 13,195
Jul - Sep 2007 13,193
Oct - Dec 2007 14,824
Jan - Mar 2008 16,551
Apr - Jun 2008 21,680
Jul - Sep 2008 25,869
Oct - Dec 2008 29,097
Jan - Mar 2009 30,766
Apr - Jun 2009 32,096
Jul - Sep 2009 34,108
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