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Road Traffic Offences

Answer

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.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

HL2423

Session

2015-16

Attachment

Reported Road Casualties_GB_Annual Report 2014

Related items

Deposited Paper DEP2014-1508
Monday, 24 November 2014
Deposited papers
House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP2015-0802
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Deposited papers
House of Lords

Subjects

Casualties Road traffic offences

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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