Driving Offences
(asked on 2nd October 2017) - View Source
Question to the Attorney General:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were killed or injured as a result of driving offences in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016; what was the victim’s road user mode in each case; and where those statistics are reported.
A number of offences under the Road Traffic Act 1988 involve causing death by driving, or may result in injury.
While the CPS does not maintain a central record of the number of people killed or injured as a result of driving offences, or the victim’s mode of transport at the time the offence or offences were committed, the table below shows the number of offences, (rather than defendants) charged under the relevant sections of the Road Traffic Act 1988 during 2015 and 2016. It should be noted that a single defendant may be charged with more than one offence.
| 2015 | 2016 |
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1 } Causing death by dangerous driving | 228 | 347 |
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 1A } Causing serious injury by dangerous driving | 392 | 504 |
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 2B } Causing death by careless, or inconsiderate, driving | 206 | 275 |
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3A } Causing death by careless driving: drink or drugs | 26 | 45 |
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZB } Causing death by driving: unlicensed or uninsured drivers | 67 | 87 |
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZC } Causing death by driving: disqualified drivers | 0 | 4 |
Road Traffic Act 1988 and Schedule 2 to the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 { 3ZD } Causing serious injury by driving: disqualified drivers | 3 | 8 |
Data Source: CPS Case Management Information System |
Other road traffic offences can also involve death or injury which does not form part of the charge.