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Traffic Offense (Pattern)

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, not a prediction.

Does traffic offense (pattern) affect a security clearance?

Traffic Offense (Pattern) is an issue decided under Guideline J, Criminal Conduct. In the decided DOHA record it appears in 318 hearing-level cases, and 20% of the 317 decided ended with access granted (64 granted, 253 denied). The mitigating conditions judges credited most often, and example decisions either way, are below.

Basis: 317 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.

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Decided cases

318

hearing-level decisions raising this issue

Granted

20%

64 granted · 253 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions cited

The formal mitigating conditions the case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted and in cases that were denied. Each is shown with its paragraph number and a plain name. Read what each condition says.

  • ¶ 32(a) · So much time has passed, or the circumstances were so unusual

    In granted cases
    32
    In denied cases
    10

  • ¶ 32(d) · Successful rehabilitation shown

    In granted cases
    24
    In denied cases
    8

  • ¶ 32(c) · No reliable evidence that the person committed the offense

    In granted cases
    16
    In denied cases
    2

  • ¶ 32(b) · The person acted under pressure that is unlikely to recur

    In granted cases
    4
    In denied cases
    1

Circumstances credited in granted cases

The specific circumstances the judge expressly credited among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted.
  • no subsequent offenses · credited in 4 granted cases
  • passage of time · credited in 3 granted cases
  • explanation of omission credible · credited in 2 granted cases
  • rehabilitation evidence · credited in 2 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR Case No. 25-00354Granted2026

    The applicant mitigated security concerns related to drug involvement, criminal conduct, and personal conduct. He demonstrated significant rehabilitation efforts, including participation in a veterans…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-02425Granted2026

    Applicant, a 26-year-old able seaman, faced Guideline F allegations involving a charged-off auto debt, medical debt, tuition debt, and court fines, plus Guideline J allegations involving traffic offen…

  • ISCR Case No. 24-01561Denied2026

    The case involves an applicant seeking a security clearance who faced allegations under multiple guidelines, including alcohol consumption, drug involvement, criminal conduct, and personal conduct. Th…

  • ISCR Case No. 25-00817Denied2026

    Applicant, a 38-year-old tradesperson for a defense contractor, was denied a security clearance after the judge found mitigated alcohol concerns but unresolved criminal conduct and personal conduct is…

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Related issues under Guideline J

How these numbers are measured

Scope: decided hearing-level cases whose per-allegation profile records this issue, matched to the same issue value the search filters use, so a count here and a filtered search always agree. A case raising several issues counts under each one. The mitigating conditions and the credited circumstances below were extracted for a subset of the record, so both are counts of cases rather than rates. Pages exist only for issues with at least 25 decided cases, and † marks any split built on fewer than 20.

Reading the statistics

  • Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
  • Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
  • † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
  • Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
  • Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.

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