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<p>Driving offences can have very serious and sometimes devastating consequences for
victims and their families. That is why we are looking closely at the law in this
area and have announced a review of driving offences and penalties.</p><p> </p><p>Offenders
are more likely to convicted and sent to prison in 2013 compared to 2010. The number
of people found guilty for failing to stop after an accident, by police force area,
in England and Wales, from 2010 to 2013 (the latest available) can be viewed in the
table.</p><p><strong>Table for answer</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="9"><p><strong>People
found guilty for failing to stop after an accident<sup>(1)</sup>, by police force
area, England and Wales, 2010-2013<sup>(2)(3)</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Police force area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Metropolitan
Police</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>217</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>207</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>194</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cumbria</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>44</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Merseyside</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>91</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>144</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>98</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumbria</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Yorkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>208</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>143</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>122</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South
Yorkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Humberside</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cleveland</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West
Midlands</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>142</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Mercia</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>219</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>87</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norfolk</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Essex</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames
Valley</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hampshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>114</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City
of London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Devon
and Cornwall</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avon
and Somerset</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dorset</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>90</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dyfed-Powys</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total (England and Wales)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,977</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,724</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,348</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,336</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(-) = Nil</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>(1) An offence under S.170(4)
Road Traffic Act 1988</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>(2) The figures given in the table on court proceedings
relate to persons for whom these offences were the principal offences for which they
were dealt with. When a defendant has been found guilty of two or more offences it
is the offence for which the heaviest penalty is imposed. Where the same disposal
is imposed for two or more offences, the offence selected is the offence for which
the statutory maximum penalty is the most severe.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>() Every effort
is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it
is important to note that these data have been extracted from large administrative
data systems generated by the courts and police forces. As a consequence, care should
be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are
taken into account when those data are used.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: Justice Statistics
Analytical Services - Ministry of Justice.</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Ref: PQ 217241</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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