Offence classification
Back to offence classifications
ME82009 - Drive on motorway hard shoulder / emergency refuge area
This page shows classification data from the Active CJS Offence Index. It is not sentencing advice and does not predict what will happen in an individual case.
Classification details
- Offence code
- ME82009
- Offence title
- Drive on motorway hard shoulder / emergency refuge area
- Legislation
- Contrary to regulation 9 of the Motorways Traffic (England and Wales) Regulations 1982, section 17(4) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988.
- CJS category code
- CM
- Offence class
- S
- Custodial indicator
- No
- Recordable on PNC
- No
- DVLA code
- MW10
- Offence start date
- 28-Jan-06
- Blocked for use
- No
- XHB indicator
- No
Source data
Source: Active CJS Offence Index, June 2026. Source row: 6876.