Drivers who cause death could face life sentences

Currently the maximum prison sentence the court can impose for causing death by dangerous driving or careless driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs is 14 years. The average custodial sentence handed down in 2015 for causing death by careless or dangerous driving, however, was just under four years. Other suggestions in the consultation, which lasts until February, include creating a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving, with a maximum sentence of three years in jai