Written question asked by Peter Bottomley (Conservative) on Tuesday, 10 February 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 24 February 2004. It was answered by Chris Leslie (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 February 2004 on behalf of the Department for Constitutional Affairs.

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what reports from judges the Government has received in relation to concluded cases of failure to stop after a road crash.

Answer: Peter Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what reports from judges the Government have received in relation to concluded cases of failure to stop after a road crash. [154917] Mr. Leslie: I have been asked to reply. Failing to stop after an accident is a summary offence and as such it would normally be dealt with at a magistrates' court. Judges would not therefore deal with such offences unless they were committed for sentence to the Crown Court together with an indictable or triable either-way offence. My Department does not hold data centrally relating to reports from Judges who sat on particular cases.

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