The maximum penalty for the offence of “injuries by furious driving, etc.”
According to the Judicial Commission of NSW, the actual penalties imposed for the offence are as follows:
Local Court:
Section 53 injuries by furious driving, etc
- Section 9 Bond (now community correction order): 22.5%
- Suspended Sentence (no longer available): 21.3%
- Prison: 18.8%
- Community Service Order (now community correction order): 17.5%
- ICO: 8.8%
- Fine Only: 6.3%
- Section 10(1)(b)&(c) Bond: 3.8%
- Home Detention: 1.3%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 10.3 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 6.5 months in prison.
District and Supreme Court:
Section 53 injuries by furious driving, etc
- Prison: 33.3%
- Section 10(1)(b)&(c) Bond: 33.3%
- ICO: 33.3%
The average prison sentence for the offence is 7 months imprisonment, and the average non-parole period (or minimum prison term that must be served) is 0 months in prison.