Available information held by the Ministry of Justice, from 2004 to 2006 (latest available), is provided in Tables A and B. The data in Table A relate to offences where a death is an integral part of the offence, not to other offences in which a death might have occurred. The circumstances of such offences are not recorded.
2007 data should be available by the end of 2008.
Number of offences Government office region 2004 2005 2006 North East 24 28 10 North West 66 53 64 Yorkshire and the Humber 47 66 56 East Midlands 49 40 31 West Midlands 45 40 35 East 30 32 32 London 30 37 34 South East 36 38 65 South West 27 44 20 Total England 354 378 347 Wales 13 20 21 Total England and Wales 367 398 368 1 Offences under Road Traffic Act section 1 as amended by the Road Traffic Act 1991 and Criminal Justice Act 1993 section 67. Section 3A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 as added by the Road Traffic Act 1991 section 3 and amended by the Criminal justice Act 1993 s. 67. Then Act 1968 section 12A as added by the Aggravated Vehicle taking Act 1992 section 1. Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.
Number of offences Government office region 2004 2005 2006 North East 1,309 1,272 1,362 North West 4,833 4,606 4,258 Yorkshire and the Humber 2,314 2,337 2,043 East Midlands 2,142 1,903 1,759 West Midlands 3,823 3,872 3,702 East 3,260 3,872 3,822 London 4,785 4,299 3,851 South East 2,996 3,257 3,249 South West 2,796 2,784 2,629 Total England 28,258 28,202 26,675 Wales 2,242 1,903 1,756 Total England and Wales 30,500 30,705 28,431 1 Offences under sections 3,12 (1), 26 (2), 33 (3), 34 and 168 of the Road Traffic Act 1988; sections 59 (1) (a) (3) (a) and (6) of the Police Reform Act 2002. Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, RR. 19,104-107 and 109 and 110. Note: Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when those data are used.