Driving Offences (Hansard, 21 April 1994)

§ Mr. Miller

To ask the Attorney-General (1) how many drivers, prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service on a principal charge under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 causing death by dangerous driving, have pleaded guilty;

(2) how many drivers prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge of causing death by dangerous driving were (a) convicted and (b) acquitted by a Crown court jury;

(3) how many drivers have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service on a principal charge of careless driving or driving without due care and attention since (a) 1985 and (b) the introduction of the Road Traffic Act 1991;

(4) how many drivers were prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge of causing death by reckless driving (a) in each year between 1985 and the introduction of the Road Traffic Act 1991 and (b) in total;

(5) how many prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge of section 3A of the Road Trafic Act 1991, of causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs have been discontinued or have failed (a) as a consequence of breath or blood tests being deemed inadmissible or of questionable veracity and (b) for other reasons;

(6) how many drivers have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service on a principal charge of manslaughter since (a) 1985 and (b) since the introduction of the Road Traffic Act 1991;

(7) how many prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 causing death by dangerous driving were discontinued; and for what reasons;

(8) how many prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge of causing death by reckless driving between 1985 and the introduction of the Road Traffic Act 1991 were discontinued, or left on file because the accused pleaded guilty to a lesser summary motoring offence;

(9) how many drivers prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service on a principal charge under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 causing death by dangerous driving have (a) been convicted by a Crown court jury and (b) been acquitted by a Crown courty jury;

(10) how many prosecutions have been brought by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge under section 3(A) of the Road Traffic Act 1991, causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs (a) in each year since the Act came into operation and (b) in total;

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(11) how many drivers have been prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 causing death by dangerous driving in each year since the Act came into force;

(12) in how many cases since (a) 1985 and (b) the coming into force of the Road Traffic Act 1991, a death has been caused by a driver prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge of driving without due care and attention;

(13) how many prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service on a principal charge of causing death by reckless driving between 1985 and the introduction of the Road Traffic Act 1991 were discontinued; and for what reasons;

(14) how many prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge of section 3(A) of the Road Traffic Act 1991, causing death by careless driving under the influence of drink or drugs resulted in successful convictions;

(15) how many drivers prosecuted by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge of causing death by reckless driving between 1985 and the introduction of the Road Traffic Act 1991 pleaded guilty;

(16) how many private prosecutions for (a) manslaughter and (b) causing death by dangerous driving have been taken over by the Crown Prosecution Service and (i) discontinued or (ii) prosecuted successfully;

(17) how many prosecutions brought by the Crown Prosecution Service under a principal charge under section 1 of the Road Traffic Act 1991 of causing death by dangerous driving were discontinued, or left on file because the accused pleaded guilty to a lesser summary motoring offence.