Owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police

Legislation: Road Safety Act 1986 (Vic) s 60(1)

Maximum penalty: 2 months imprisonment, 20 penalty units, or both (minor or no injury); 4 months imprisonment, 20 penalty units, or both (serious injury or death)

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, 1,016 charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police were sentenced in the three years to 30 June 2023. The most common sentence for a charge of this offence was a fine (63.8% or 648 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 962 cases sentenced in the Magistrates' Court in the three years to 30 June 2023, each case included at least one charge of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police. Among the 962 cases, 680 people were male and 278 people were female. The most common outcome for cases was a fine (56.3% or 542 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 owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 1**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 1,016 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 2**: Imprisonment lengths for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 15 charges**

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 3**: Community correction order lengths for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 141 charges**

Bar graph showing fine amounts for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 4**: Fine amounts for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 369 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 owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 5**: Sentencing outcomes for all charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police by financial year
**Number: 1,016 charges**

Bar graph showing the number of charges each year for the offence of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 6**: Number of charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police by financial year
**Number: 1,016 charges**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths each year for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 7**: Average imprisonment lengths for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police by financial year
**Number: 15 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 owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 8**: Average fine amounts for charges of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police by financial year
**Number: 369 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 owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 9A**: Sentencing outcomes for all people for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 962 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for male offenders for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 9B**: Sentencing outcomes for males for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 680 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for female offenders for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 9C**: Sentencing outcomes for females for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 278 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged under 25 for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 9D**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged under 25 for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 208 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 25 to 54 for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 9E**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 25 to 54 for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 714 cases**

Bar graph showing sentence types for offenders aged 55 and over for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 9F**: Sentencing outcomes for people aged 55 and over for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 35 cases**

Bar graph showing imprisonment lengths for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 10**: Imprisonment lengths for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 184 cases**, including imprisonment only (109 cases) and imprisonment combined with a community correction order (75 cases).

Bar graph showing non-parole periods for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 11**: Non-parole periods for all people for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 109 cases**
**Note**: Imprisonment terms do not include a community correction order.

Bar graph showing lengths of community correction orders for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 12**: Community correction order lengths for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police
**Number: 116 cases**

Stacked bar graph showing sentences imposed each year for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 13**: Sentencing outcomes for all cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police by financial year
**Number: 962 cases**

Bar graph showing the number of cases each year for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 14**: Number of cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police for all people by financial year
**Number: 962 cases**

Bar graph showing the average imprisonment length each year for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 15**: Average imprisonment lengths for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police by financial year
**Number: 184 cases**

Bar graph showing the average imprisonment length and average non-parole period for each year for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police — **Figure 16**: Average imprisonment lengths and non-parole periods (NPPs) for cases of owner of a motor vehicle fail to give information to identify a driver when requested by police by financial year
**Number: 19 cases**
**Note**: *NPP Cases* in the graph indicates that only cases with a non-parole period are included.