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Dangerous Driving: Convictions

Volume 486: debated on Tuesday 20 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in each year since 1997. (247683)

Data on the number of persons found guilty at all courts for causing death by dangerous driving from 1997 to 2007 (latest available) are given in the following table.

The statistics relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences the principal offence is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.

The number of persons found guilty at all courts for causing death by dangerous driving1, 1997 to 20072,3, England and Wales

Number

1997

205

1998

203

1999

173

2000

193

2001

227

2002

228

2003

233

2004

241

2005

255

2006

223

2007

233

1 Section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, as added by section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991.

2 These data are on the principal offence basis.

3 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.

Source:

Office for Criminal Justice Reform—Evidence and Analysis Unit.