Drink Driving Insurance

Helping you find cheap car insurance after a drink driving ban

• All drink driving convictions covered (DR10, DR20, DR30, DR40, DR50, DR60 & DR70)
• All levels of cover including third party, third party fire & theft and fully comprehensive
• Affordable insurance policies for drink drivers with flexible payment options
• Multiple quotes from several leading drink driving insurance companies
• Insurers compete to offer you the cheapest quote they can

When asked how long have you held your driving licence by insurers you should enter the date you passed your test to gain the licence you hold rather than the date you got your driving licence back after your disqualification.

View your driving licence online to obtain dates & details of disqualifications, endorsements & penalty points.

Why compare insurance quotes with us?

You will receive quotes from insurance companies who provide affordable insurance cover to drivers who have previously been banned from driving for committing offences such as drink driving.

Not all insurance companies appear on big brand comparison sites and those that do often prefer to insure drivers with clean driving records, increasing the premiums for drivers with convictions considerably.

Insurance companies that specialise in insuring convicted drivers are able to spread the cost of the higher risk across all drivers they insure with convictions allowing them to offer more affordable insurance policies to drivers with criminal and motoring convictions.

You will receive quotations from several convicted driver insurers that can best meet your requirements.

Simply click the get quote button above, fill out a short insurance quote form and you will receive quotes from multiple insurers who all specialise in insuring drivers with criminal convictions such as drink driving.

The insurance comparison service allows convicted drivers to obtain insurance quotes from multiple insurance companies who specialise in providing non-standard, high risk insurance policies for drivers with convictions.

How long do I have to declare a drink driving conviction to insurers?

You have to declare a drink driving conviction to insurance companies for a period of five years beginning from the date you were convicted. After five years your drink driving conviction will be classed as 'spent' under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Spent convictions do not need to be declared to insurance companies. Any insurance company who relies on endorsements relating to spent convictions in order to disadvantage a driver and increase premiums is committing an unlawful breach of their statutory duty.

While driving disqualifications become spent at the end of the disqualification period, any driving licence endorsement received for the same offence does not become spent for 5 years running from the date of conviction.

Car insurance cover for all drink driving convictions

We can help you find competitively priced insurance cover for all drink driving related convictions including convictions for being in charge of a vehicle while exceeding the legal limit, failure to provide a specimen for analysis convictions and of course driving while exceeding the legal limit.

If you are a driver with any endorsement on your driving licence including those listed below we can help you get insurance cover for your vehicle.

Tips to reduce cost of car insurance After Drink Driving Conviction

Many insurance companies recognise and take into account the completion of The Drink Driving Rehabilitation Course.

Completing the drink driving course could see a reduction in insurance premiums and will decrease the length of your driving ban by up to twenty five percent.

As well as attending the drink driving rehabilitation course here are a few more tips to help you decrease your car insurance premiums:

• Accept a higher voluntary excess. Virtually all car insurance companies will require you pay a minimum voluntary excess, this is the amount you pay towards the cost of any claim made on your insurance policy. The higher this is, the less your insurance premium will be.
• Limit the policy to cover to only specific named drivers as opposed to allowing anyone to drive the insured car with your permission.
• Try to lower your annual mileage. The less you drive, the less likely you are to be involved in an accident.
• Increase vehicle security. Motor vehicles available in the UK market are assessed by the insurance industry's research centre Thatcham to establish the level of standard fit security. Owners of vehicles that are fitted with security systems that meet the Thatcham criteria may well benefit from reduced premiums. Older cars may also benefit if subsequently fitted with a security system that meets the criteria.
• Keep your car in a secure location such as a garage or driveway when not in use.

Another factor to consider is the insurance group rating of your car.

All cars are listed under a particular insurance group. The greater the cost of a car to repair and the greater the engine size & speed of a car usually means it will fall into a higher insurance group rating.

The higher the insurance group rating, the higher the insurance premium will be. The reverse is also true.

Consider getting a car with a low insurance group rating when you first take to the roads after a driving ban, this will help reduce your premium until your driving record improves again (this will usually be five years after any driving conviction/offence).

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