Home Department written question – answered at on 18 April 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hit and run incidents have led to an individual being convicted in each of the last eight years, broken down by police force area.
Information on the number of hit and run incidents that have led to court proceedings is not collected centrally. Available information taken from the Court Proceedings Database held by the Office for Criminal Justice Reform and given in the table shows the number of offenders found guilty at all courts for the offence of 'failing to stop after an accident' under the Road Traffic Act 1988 s. 170 (4) from 1996 to 2003 (latest available). The data do not distinguish between those offences which resulted in injury from those which resulted in damage or both. 2004 data will be available at the end of March 2006.
Number of persons | ||||||||
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Forces | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
Avon & Somerset | 244 | 227 | 188 | 185 | 158 | 165 | 86 | 88 |
Bedfordshire | 30 | 47 | 59 | 68 | 72 | 66 | 64 | 62 |
Cambridgeshire | 53 | 78 | 76 | 79 | 71 | 50 | 58 | 69 |
Cheshire | 160 | 136 | 158 | 168 | 181 | 150 | 175 | 197 |
Cleveland | 54 | 62 | 51 | 48 | 40 | 35 | 46 | 45 |
Cumbria | 96 | 100 | 66 | 77 | 84 | 84 | 83 | 98 |
Derbyshire | 113 | 121 | 94 | 112 | 109 | 110 | 109 | 122 |
Devon & Cornwall | 128 | 157 | 109 | 106 | 91 | 118 | 139 | 154 |
Dorset | 93 | 112 | 97 | 71 | 68 | 80 | 57 | 87 |
Durham | 56 | 43 | 48 | 60 | 37 | 62 | 58 | 56 |
Essex | 205 | 232 | 248 | 222 | 274 | 276 | 295 | 302 |
Gloucestershire | 93 | 62 | 79 | 64 | 63 | 78 | 72 | 84 |
Greater Manchester | 421 | 444 | 447 | 469 | 442 | 470 | 465 | 423 |
Hampshire | 188 | 188 | 176 | 182 | 177 | 188 | 195 | 200 |
Hertfordshire | 120 | 126 | 108 | 101 | 127 | 108 | 136 | 144 |
Humberside | 150 | 141 | 127 | 113 | 107 | 146 | 126 | 150 |
Kent | 132 | 139 | 97 | 68 | 84 | 83 | 103 | 90 |
Lancashire | 185 | 154 | 150 | 132 | 125 | 135 | 93 | 135 |
Leicestershire | 122 | 124 | 95 | 104 | 94 | 108 | 79 | 105 |
Lincolnshire | 59 | 64 | 47 | 59 | 47 | 67 | 67 | 73 |
London, City of | 8 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 |
Merseyside | 144 | 174 | 163 | 83 | 120 | 151 | 130 | 210 |
Metropolitan Police | 663 | 613 | 584 | 558 | 455 | 418 | 432 | 383 |
Norfolk | 147 | 143 | 157 | 128 | 109 | 118 | 127 | 123 |
Northamptonshire | 91 | 95 | 84 | 69 | 53 | 24 | 12 | 55 |
Northumbria | 114 | 117 | 117 | 110 | 148 | 139 | 146 | 141 |
North Yorkshire | 126 | 137 | 113 | 117 | 85 | 111 | 108 | 101 |
Nottinghamshire | 144 | 151 | 165 | 124 | 142 | 130 | 127 | 142 |
South Yorkshire | 142 | 153 | 153 | 152 | 184 | 197 | 169 | 197 |
Staffordshire | 175 | 148 | 116 | 69 | 37 | 71 | 72 | 103 |
Suffolk | 72 | 96 | 79 | 65 | 53 | 88 | 64 | 81 |
Surrey | 65 | 56 | 65 | 134 | 91 | 104 | 75 | 84 |
Sussex | 181 | 187 | 153 | 147 | 127 | 96 | 86 | 103 |
Thames Valley | 243 | 167 | 135 | 142 | 114 | 170 | 174 | 144 |
Warwickshire | 78 | 57 | 57 | 64 | 61 | 61 | 48 | 55 |
West Mercia | 149 | 160 | 141 | 166 | 131 | 167 | 203 | 205 |
West Midlands | 471 | 447 | 462 | 434 | 418 | 385 | 406 | 361 |
West Yorkshire | 270 | 266 | 292 | 282 | 261 | 282 | 279 | 243 |
Wiltshire | 64 | 67 | 71 | 53 | 59 | 81 | 73 | 66 |
Dyfed Powys | 49 | 61 | 46 | 44 | 56 | 46 | 48 | 54 |
Gwent | 37 | 57 | 72 | 56 | 63 | 53 | 46 | 46 |
North Wales | 74 | 97 | 109 | 92 | 67 | 76 | 103 | 88 |
South Wales | 178 | 157 | 172 | 154 | 150 | 136 | 152 | 161 |
Total | 6,387 | 6,374 | 6,038 | 5,752 | 5,443 | 5,694 | 5,591 | 5,837 |
(100) Aiding, abetting, causing or permitting accident offences under the RTA88 s. 170(4).
(101) These data are on the principal offence basis.
Yes2 people think so
No0 people think not
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