Drive in a dangerous manner

Legislation: Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) s 64(1)

Maximum penalty: 2 years imprisonment, 240 penalty units, or both

Period: 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2023

Jurisdiction: Magistrates' Court

Charges

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Cases

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All outcomes

Males

Females

Aged 18 to 24

Aged 25 to 54

Aged 55 and over

*Note: unavailable options have under 10 cases

Charge data

In the Magistrates' Court, 2,487 charges of drive in a dangerous manner were sentenced in the three years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine (39.2% or 975 charges).

On SACStat, a charge is a single count of a sentenced offence. Charge data is most useful in understanding how a specific crime is usually sentenced.

Case data

In 2,348 cases sentenced in the Magistrates' Court in the three years to 30 June 2023, each case included at least one charge of drive in a dangerous manner. Among the 2,348 cases, 2,048 people were male and 300 people were female. The most common outcome for cases was a fine (39.6% or 929 cases).

A case is a collection of one or more charges against a person or company sentenced at the one hearing. Case data is most useful in understanding the total sentence usually imposed on people found guilty of a particular crime.

Bar graph showing sentence types imposed for charges of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 1**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 2,487 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for charges of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 2**: Imprisonment lengths for charges of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 104 charges**

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for charges of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 3**: Community correction order lengths for charges of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 454 charges**

Bar graph showing fine amounts for charges of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 4**: Fine amounts for charges of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 261 charges**
**Note**: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for charges of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 5**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of drive in a dangerous manner by financial year
**Number: 2,487 charges**

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 6**: Number of charges of drive in a dangerous manner by financial year
**Number: 2,487 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths each year for charges of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 7**: Average imprisonment lengths for charges of drive in a dangerous manner by financial year
**Number: 104 charges**
**Note**: The graph only includes imprisonment that was not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate imprisonment).

Bar graph showing fines amounts each year for charges of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 8**: Average fine amounts for charges of drive in a dangerous manner by financial year
**Number: 261 charges**
**Note**: The graph only includes fines that were not part of an aggregate sentence (non-aggregate fines).

Bar graph showing sentence types for all offenders for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 9A**: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 2,348 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for male offenders for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 9B**: Sentencing outcomes for males for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 2,048 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for female offenders for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 9C**: Sentencing outcomes for females for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 300 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged under 25 for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 9D**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged under 25 for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 659 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 25 to 54 for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 9E**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 25 to 54 for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 1,592 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 55 and over for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 9F**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 55 and over for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 91 cases**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 10**: Imprisonment lengths for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 713 cases**, including imprisonment only (443 cases) and imprisonment combined with a community correction order (270 cases).

Bar graph showing non-parole periods for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 11**: Non-parole periods for all people for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 443 cases**
**Note**: Imprisonment terms do not include a community correction order.

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 12**: Community correction order lengths for cases of drive in a dangerous manner
**Number: 383 cases**

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 13**: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of drive in a dangerous manner by financial year
**Number: 2,348 cases**

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 14**: Number of cases of drive in a dangerous manner for all people by financial year
**Number: 2,348 cases**

Bar graph showing the average imprisonment length each year for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 15**: Average imprisonment lengths for cases of drive in a dangerous manner by financial year
**Number: 713 cases**

Bar graph showing the average imprisonment length and average non-parole period for each year for cases of drive in a dangerous manner — **Figure 16**: Average imprisonment lengths and non-parole periods (NPPs) for cases of drive in a dangerous manner by financial year
**Number: 76 cases**
**Note**: *NPP Cases* in the graph indicates that only cases with a non-parole period are included.