For death by an uninsured driver or driving offences,
this can be tried in the Magistrates Court or in the Crown
Court.
You could receive the following penalties:
- in a Magistrates Court:
£5,000 fine and six months
- in a Crown Court: two years custody
The Court must impose a driving ban and will
also impose either a community penalty or a custodial sentence.
| Nature of offence |
Starting point for penalty |
Range of penalty |
| Unlicensed with no aggravating factors |
Medium community penalty |
Low – high community penalty |
| Unlicensed and one aggravating factor |
26 weeks custody |
High community penalty – Crown Court |
| Disqualified driving |
Crown Court |
Crown Court |
aggravating factors
The list below outlines the factors that can
increase your penalties
- previous convictions for motoring offences
- irresponsible behaviour – failing to stop/falsely claim someone
else driving
- more than one person killed
- serious injury to one or more person in addition to person(s)
killed.
mitigating factors
The list below outlines the factors that can
increase your penalties
- proven emergency but not enough for defence
- genuine belief insured/licensed
- offender seriously injured
- victim was close friend/relative.
