Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what data his Department holds on the average driving ban given to someone convicted of (a) causing death by dangerous driving, (b) causing death by carless driving and (c) failing to stop at the scene of an accident.

The Ministry of Justice holds data on driving bans issued for individuals sentenced for specific driving offences, on a principal disposal basis. This is publicly available and can be viewed in the Outcomes by Offence tool: 2022.

In the data tool, navigate to the ‘Sentence outcomes’ tab. Inside the PivotTable Fields box, remove ‘Average Custodial Sentence Length’ and ‘Average Fine’ out of the values box, and leave ‘Sentenced’ remaining. To view the length of driving bans issued, drag ‘Period of disqualification (MOT)’ into the ‘rows’ box. For outcomes relating to the specific offences requested, in the ‘HO offence code’ filter, select the below codes:

(a) 00404 – Causing death by dangerous driving (MOT)

(b) 00408 – Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving (MOT)

(c) 80501 – Failing to stop after an accident (MOT)

The pivot table will now present the total sentenced and length of driving ban issued, at all courts from 2010 to 2022.