§ Mr. Ashleyasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in the latest year for which figures are available how many drivers were found guilty of dangerous driving after being involved in an accident where a person was killed; and in how many of these cases the driver was also found guilty of causing the death of the person killed;
(2) if he will summarise the sentences given to those found guilty of dangerous driving after being involved in an accident when a person was involved, giving separate figures for those found guilty of both dangerous driving and causing the death of the person killed.
§ Dr. SummerskillInformation in the form requested is not available. The statistics of persons found guilty of reckless or dangerous driving do not indicate whether the offence resulted in death or injury to a person.
103WFollowing is the available information for 1974:
PERSONS FOUND GUILTY—ENGLAND AND WALES 1974 Causing death by Dangerous Driving (Number) Reckless or Dangerous Driving (Number) Sentence: Fined 399 6,693 Imprisonment— Immediate 65 79 Suspended 46 66 Otherwise dealt with 17 247 Total 527 7,085