Hansard

Driving Offences

Volume 505: debated on Wednesday 3 February 2010

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David Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of sentence was in England and Wales in respect of convictions for motoring offences which resulted in a fatality in each of the last three years. (314675)

Claire Ward

The requested information is shown in the following table.

Number of offenders sentenced, result and average custodial sentence length (ACSL)1 for motoring offences resulting in death2, 2006-08

2006

2007

2008

Total sentenced

299

318

275

Discharge

0

1

0

Fine

2

4

7

Community sentence

8

9

2

Suspended sentence

8

15

10

Immediate custody

280

287

255

Otherwise dealt with

1

2

1

ACSL

42.6

42.1

48.1

1 ACSL(months) excludes life/indeterminate sentences.

2 Offences of causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving, causing death by careless driving when under the influence of drink or drugs causing death by driving: unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers, causing death by aggravated vehicle taking.

Notes:

1. These figures have been drawn from administrative data systems.

2. Although care is taken when processing and analysing the returns, the detail collected is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system.

Source:

Justice Statistics—Analytical Services, Ministry of Justice