Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 5 June 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 10 June 2008. It was answered by Lord Coaker (Labour) on Tuesday, 10 June 2008 on behalf of the Home Office.

Police: Driving Offences

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were convicted of (a) offences of causing death by dangerous driving and (b) related offences in each year since 1997.

Answer: This information is not routinely collected centrally. Research by the Independent Police Complaints Commission looked at police related road traffic incidents that occurred between April 2004 and September 2006 and involved serious or fatal injuries. This found no police officer had been found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving in that period. Five officers were prosecuted in connection with road traffic collisions involving a fatality and one for a collision involving the death of an unborn child. Four were convicted.

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