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Hit and Run

Answer

Available information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and given in the table shows the number of defendants prosecuted for the offence of ‘failing to stop after an accident’ under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 170 (4) from 1997 to 2005 (latest available).

Proceedings¹ at magistrates courts for accident offences², within Suffolk police force area, 1997-2005
	Number
1997	120
1998	99
1999	82
2000	67
2001	107
2002	95
2003	116
2004	127
2005	105
¹ These data are on the principal offence basis.
² Aiding, abetting, causing or permitting accident offences under the RTA88 s. 170(4).
Notes:
1. It is known that for some police force areas, the reporting of court proceedings in particular those relating to summary motoring offences, may be less than complete. Work is under way to ensure that the magistrates courts case management system currently being implemented by the Department for Constitutional Affairs reports all motoring offences to the Office for Criminal Justice Reform. This will enable more complete figures to be disseminated.
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 these data are used.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

118655; 457 c1508-9W

Session

2006-07

Related items

Hit and Run
Thursday, 8 February 2007
Written questions
House of Commons

Notes

Question printed without table at 456 c1084W. Question printed in Bound Volume 456 c1086-7W but not printed in Bound Volume 457.

Subjects

Prosecutions Road traffic offences

Link

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