Question follow-through · 18900
Roads: Accidents
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
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Justice
- Tabled
- 14 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 16 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 22 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
14 Jul 2026
Question tabled
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
16 Jul 2026
Target answer date
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22 Jul 2026
Answer published
The 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...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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