Road Traffic Offences
(asked on 5th October 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were killed or injured as a result of driving offences in 2014; what was the victim’s road user mode in each case; and where those statistics are reported.
The number of people who were killed or injured in reported personal-injury road traffic accidents where at least one driver failed to stop is given in the table below.
Number of people killed or injured in reported road traffic accidents, Great Britain | |||||||
As a percentage of all reported casualties | |||||||
Year | Killed | Seriously injured | Slightly injured |
| Killed | Seriously injured | Slightly injured |
2010 | 84 | 1,991 | 22,168 |
| 5% | 9% | 12% |
2011 | 96 | 2,130 | 21,985 |
| 5% | 9% | 12% |
2012 | 101 | 2,075 | 20,315 |
| 6% | 9% | 12% |
2013 | 82 | 1,930 | 19,772 |
| 5% | 9% | 12% |
2014 | 95 | 2,028 | 21,261 |
| 5% | 9% | 13% |
These figures only include accidents that occurred on the public highway and were reported to the police.
The statistical record of the accident from the police does not include any information about whether the driver who failed to stop was identified or prosecuted, or any other driver was prosecuted for any other offence.
The table below gives the number of defendants proceeded against at Magistrates’ Court in England and Wales for the offences of failure to stop and failure to give name and address after accident, and failure to report accident within 24 hours, for 2010 to 2014.
Number of defendants proceeded against at Magistrates’ Court in England and Wales | |||||
| 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
Failing to stop after accident | 3,881 | 3,467 | 2,962 | 2,900 | 2,729 |
Failing to report accident within 24 hours | 1,604 | 1,391 | 1,247 | 1,183 | 1,012 |
Failing to give name and address after accident | 1,535 | 1,323 | 1,343 | 1,133 | 1,066 |
(figures from Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly, December 2014)
Table RAS61001 in the attached document, Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2014 Annual Report, which has been deposited in the Libraries of the House, gives the number of offenders convicted, fixed penalty notices and written warnings for motoring offences in England and Wales for 2004 to 2013. The table below gives the number of offenders convicted at all courts in England and Wales of causing death or injury whilst driving a motor vehicle, in 2014.
Number of offenders convicted for causing death or injury by a motor vehicle driver, England and Wales | |
Offence | 2014 |
Causing death by dangerous driving | 123 |
Causing death by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs | 25 |
Causing death by careless or inconsiderate driving | 163 |
Causing death by driving unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers | 1 |
Causing death by aggravated vehicle taking | 3 |
Causing serious injury by careless driving | 186 |
Causing bodily harm by furious driving | 5 |
(figures from Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly, December 2014)
The two tables giving statistics on convictions in England and Wales only include convictions for the principle offence (i.e. the most serious offence).
It is not possible to link any of the criminal justice data from the Ministry of Justice or the Home Office with reported road accident data to say how many of the motoring offences resulted in accidents or how many people were killed or injured as a result of the alleged offences.