Cyclist fail to wear an approved bike helmet
Road Safety Rules 2017 (Vic) r 256(1)
Magistrates' Court sentencing outcomes, 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023
Charge data
In the Magistrates' Court, 366 charges of cyclist fail to wear an approved bike helmet were sentenced in the three years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine (43.7%, or 160 of 366 charges).
On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.
Case data
In 355 cases sentenced in the Magistrates' Court in the three years to 30 June 2023, each case included at least 1 charge of cyclist fail to wear an approved bike helmet. In those 355 cases, 334 people were male and 21 people were female. The most common sentence was a fine (30.4%, or 108 of 355 cases).
A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.
Note: The graph only includes data for the most severe sentence imposed for the charge. For example, only imprisonment is included for combined orders of imprisonment and a community correction order. Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).
Note: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).
Note: The graph only includes data for the most severe sentence imposed for the charge. For example, only imprisonment is included for combined orders of imprisonment and a community correction order. Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).
Note: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Imprisonment terms do not include a community correction order.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: Other in the graph may include probation, recognizance release orders (for Commonwealth offences) and residential treatment orders. Historical offences may include suspended sentences.
Note: NPP Cases in the graph indicates that only cases with a non-parole period are included.