Driving under Influence: Convictions

Ministry of Justice written question – answered on 20th February 2018.

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Photo of Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted for drink driving in the UK in each year since 2010.

Photo of Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving since 2010; and how many such people were imprisoned for the maximum amount stipulated for the offence.

Photo of Tulip Siddiq Tulip Siddiq Labour, Hampstead and Kilburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been convicted of the offence of causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs since 2016; and how many such people were imprisoned for the maximum length of time stipulated for that offence.

Photo of Rory Stewart Rory Stewart The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice

The number of convictions for drink driving in England and Wales can be found in the motoring data tool in the annual criminal justice system statistics publication at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2016 Convictions in Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for the relative devolved administrations.

The maximum custodial sentence for the offence of causing serious injury by dangerous driving is 5 years’ imprisonment and for causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs is 14 years’ imprisonment.

Since 2010 court data indicates that nine offenders have received prison sentences of over 4 years for causing serious injury by dangerous driving.

In 2016, no offenders received sentences of more than 10 years for causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs.

Court proceedings data for England and Wales for 2017 are planned for publication in May 2018.

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