Which provision describes that the death must be of a person other than the defendant and that the dangerous driving need not be the sole or substantial cause?

• A. S3ZD RTA 1988
• B. S1 RTA 1988
• C. S2B RTA 1988
• D. S3ZC RTA 1988

Answer: (A)

The key idea here is the elements of the offence of causing death by dangerous driving. To convict, the death must be of a person other than the defendant, and the dangerous driving must be a cause of that death. It isn’t required that the dangerous driving be the sole or a substantial cause; other factors can also have contributed to the death, as long as the dangerous driving played a part.

This means liability can attach even if there are other contributing factors, rather than needing the dangerous driving to be the exclusive or main cause. That distinction helps explain why the correct provision is the one that sets out causing death by dangerous driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988, covering both criteria in one: death of another person and the driving being dangerous without needing sole or substantial causation.

So the correct provision is the one describing causing death by dangerous driving under the Road Traffic Act 1988.