The number of defendants found guilty at all courts of offences of causing death by dangerous driving and offences of careless driving in the Thames Valley police force area and England, from 2004 to 2008 (latest available) is given in the table.
Court proceedings data are not available at town or local authority area level. Therefore data are included in the table for the Thames Valley police force area.
Data for 2009 are planned for publication in the autumn, 2010.
Year Area/offence 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 Thames Valley Death by dangerous driving 12 12 19 24 16 Careless driving 673 754 798 884 2,975 England Death by dangerous driving 303 324 279 302 259 Careless driving 19,706 19,323 18,204 27,106 55,904 1 Includes the offences of causing death by dangerous driving, causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving when drunk, causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving, causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving while unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured and aggravated vehicle taking where the driving of the vehicle causes an accident resulting in the death of any person. 2 Includes the offences of driving without due care and attention or reasonable consideration for other road users, failure to comply with an order to stop a moving vehicle, use of hand held mobile phone while driving, causing or permitting the use of a mobile phone while driving a motor vehicle, Using a mobile phone while supervising the holder of a provisional driving licence to drive a motor vehicle on the road, breach of requirements as to control of vehicle, position which does not give proper control or full view of road and traffic ahead etc. and other careless driving offences and racing. 3 Excludes convictions for Cardiff magistrates court for April, July and August 2008. Note: 1. 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. 2. 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: Justice Statistics Analytical Services—Ministry of Justice. [Ref. IOS 47-10, PQC 313949].