Dangerous Driving: Convictions

(asked on 11th March 2019) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in each of the last five calendar years.


Answered by
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Rory Stewart
This question was answered on 14th March 2019

The number of people prosecuted, convicted and given a suspended sentence or immediate custodial sentence for causing death by dangerous driving, and the average custodial sentence length in each of the last five years has been published up to December 2017 and can be found in the ‘Outcomes by offence data tool’, available at the following link: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/733981/outcomes-by-offence-tool-2017-update.xlsx

In the Offence filter, select ‘4.4 Causing Death by Dangerous Driving (MOT)’, and the table will populate with the proceedings and outcomes for this offence by calendar year:

Prosecutions – row 23

Convictions – row 24

Suspended sentences – row 34

Average custodial sentence length – row 54

In the last five years, no offender found guilty of ‘causing death by dangerous driving’ received a 14 year custodial sentence.

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