England and Wales (2022-2024) 15th April 2026 To download this briefing as a pdf click here Key points Amongst pedestrians reported killed and seriously injured (KSI) over a three-year period (2022-2024) in England and Wales[1]: Almost all involved motor vehicles (97%) Four-wheel motor vehicles accounted for 92% Almost three out of four involved a car …
AVZ Briefing – Cycle and car collisions: Who’s getting hurt—
England and Wales (2022-2024) 15th April 2026 To download this briefing as a pdf click here Key points In collisions between cycles and cars in England and Wales (2022-2024), DfT stats[1] show that: There were 7,573 cyclists killed and seriously injured (KSI) compared to 23 car occupant KSIs Thus the cyclist was 329 times more …
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AVZ Blog – Sentencing Act 2026 and motoring offences
30th March 2026 Key points The Sentencing Act 2026 requires a rethink of how serious motoring offences are sanctioned. As of this week, the Sentencing Act 2026 has introduced a presumption against the use of short custodial sentences (12 months and under). This affects 77% of the custodial sentences given for motoring offences - mainly …
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AVZ Blog – Fail to Stop[1]—Who’s getting hurt
12th March 2026 So Fail to Stop (FTS) is included in DfT’s Motoring Offence consultation which is currently open. But not as AVZ would want it. The Department for Transport’s (DfT) consultation includes proposing to increase sanctions for the basic FTS offence but is only asking about the need for a new offence for drivers …
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AVZ Blog – Who’s getting hurt on the roads
20 Feb 2026 The Department for Transport (DfT’s) new Road Safety Strategy aims to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured (KSIs) by 65% and child KSIs by 70% by 2035, compared to a 2022-24 baseline. No road user modes are prioritised - at least not in the targets. AVZ has already expressed …
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AVZ Blog-Outcomes in fatal crashes
12th February 2026 Last month, the Evening Standard reported Almost 630 drivers who caused fatal crashes have avoided jail in past five years. They did not give any breakdown as to which offences had non-custodial sentences nor any information about disqualifications but did highlight how many drivers had not gone to prison. Is it fair …
AVZ Blog – New Fatal Crash Sentencing Report highlights failings of road death investigation
31st October 2025 To download this as a pdf click here Published last week, the report Behind the Headlines: Sentencing after Fatal Crashes was commissioned by the All Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking (APPGCW) and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Transport Safety. The 85-page report was written by Professor Sally Kyd, the …
AVZ blog – July 2025: Speed enforcement in London:
2024 stats show still not enough where it matters To download this blog as a pdf click here London has recently reported its provisional casualty statistics for 2024[1]. In the last year, road deaths had increased from 95 to 110 whilst those seriously injured fell from 3,615 to 3,586, a decrease of less than 1%. …
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AVZ Blog – Independent Sentencing Review’s relevance for motoring offences
5th June 2025 Led by David Gauke, a former Conservative Justice Minister (2018-19), the Independent Sentencing Review has published their final report with 48 recommendations. The first time such a review has been conducted in England and Wales, it was necessitated by the prison crisis. Prisons are full, very expensive (prison place costs over £53 …
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AVZ Blog (October 2022) Sentencing guidelines on causing death by driving: how Scotland differs from England and Wales
Key points Scotland is consulting on sentencing guidelines for causing death by driving. The proposed guidelines include less use of prison and shorter prison sentences. Driving bans are increased in both Scotland and England and Wales with Causing death by dangerous driving and Causing death by careless driving carrying a minimum five-year disqualification (compared to …
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