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<p>The number of people who were killed or injured in reported personal-injury road
traffic accidents where at least one driver failed to stop is given in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td
colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of people killed or injured in reported road traffic
accidents, Great Britain</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>As a
percentage of all reported casualties</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Killed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Seriously
injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Slightly injured</strong></p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>Killed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Seriously injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Slightly
injured</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>1,991</p></td><td><p>22,168</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>2,130</p></td><td><p>21,985</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>2,075</p></td><td><p>20,315</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>1,930</p></td><td><p>19,772</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>12%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>2,028</p></td><td><p>21,261</p></td><td><p>
</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td><td><p>13%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>These
figures only include accidents that occurred on the public highway and were reported
to the police.</p><p>The statistical record of the accident from the police does not
include any information about whether the driver who failed to stop was identified
or prosecuted, or any other driver was prosecuted for any other offence.</p><p>The
table below gives the number of defendants proceeded against at Magistrates’ Court
in England and Wales for the offences of failure to stop and failure to give name
and address after accident, and failure to report accident within 24 hours, for 2010
to 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Number of defendants proceeded
against at Magistrates’ Court in England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>
</p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Failing
to stop after accident</p></td><td><p>3,881</p></td><td><p>3,467</p></td><td><p>2,962</p></td><td><p>2,900</p></td><td><p>2,729</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Failing
to report accident within 24 hours</p></td><td><p>1,604</p></td><td><p>1,391</p></td><td><p>1,247</p></td><td><p>1,183</p></td><td><p>1,012</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Failing
to give name and address after accident</p></td><td><p>1,535</p></td><td><p>1,323</p></td><td><p>1,343</p></td><td><p>1,133</p></td><td><p>1,066</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(figures
from Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly, December 2014)</p><p>Table RAS61001
in the attached document, Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2014 Annual Report,
which has been deposited in the Libraries of the House, gives the number of offenders
convicted, fixed penalty notices and written warnings for motoring offences in England
and Wales for 2004 to 2013. The table below gives the number of offenders convicted
at all courts in England and Wales of causing death or injury whilst driving a motor
vehicle, in 2014.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Number of offenders
convicted for causing death or injury by a motor vehicle driver, England and Wales</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Offence</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
death by dangerous driving</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing death
by careless driving under influence of drink or drugs</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
death by careless or inconsiderate driving</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
death by driving unlicensed, disqualified or uninsured drivers</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
death by aggravated vehicle taking</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
serious injury by careless driving</p></td><td><p>186</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Causing
bodily harm by furious driving</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>(figures
from Criminal Justice System Statistics Quarterly, December 2014)</p><p>The two tables
giving statistics on convictions in England and Wales only include convictions for
the principle offence (i.e. the most serious offence).</p><p>It is not possible to
link any of the criminal justice data from the Ministry of Justice or the Home Office
with reported road accident data to say how many of the motoring offences resulted
in accidents or how many people were killed or injured as a result of the alleged
offences.</p>
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