Written Question·Ministry of Justice·UIN 18900
Roads: Accidents
Tabled: 14 July 2026
Answered: 22 July 2026
Question
Connor Naismith
Labour — Crewe and Nantwich
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many defendants have successfully used the defence of automatism in cases arising from road traffic collisions in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the impact of those cases on
Answer
Sarah SackmanThe Ministry of Justice publishes data on defendants dealt with at criminal courts in England and Wales for a variety of offences including road traffic offences in the Outcomes by Offence data tool, which can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Stati...
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