UK Parliament home

Open We call for harsher sentencing for causing death by careless driving.

Created by Helen Muskett
Closes on

• We want the maximum sentence raised from 5 to 20 years.
• We want driving licences to be suspended pending investigation outcome, and only reinstated if there are no charges brought.
• We want consecutive sentences where there are multiple fatalities.
• We want a review of judicial guidelines.

Sign this petition

1,945 signatures

Show on a map

10,000

Petition progress

View all updates for this petition, with the most recent first.

  • Petition published

    This petition can now be signed.

    If this petition gets 10,000 signatures, government will respond to it.

    If this petition gets 100,000 signatures, it will be considered for debate in Parliament.

    This petition will stay open until 8 November 2026.