There is no inflexible rule that sentences for multiple offences arising from a single motor vehicle accident must be served concurrently. Following Pearce v The Queen, where there are multiple victims with very serious injuries, partial accumulation of sentences is appropriate to reflect the overall objective criminality. The characterisation of offences as a 'single discrete episode of criminality' is of little assistance where there is more than one victim.
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