A sentence of 4 years' imprisonment for failure to stop after an accident (s 61(1) Road Safety Act 1986) is within range for a particularly serious instance of the offence involving deliberate concealment, where the offender knew the victim was an elderly pedestrian, had no guilty plea, and Verdins factors warranted only moderate mitigation. The fivefold increase in maximum penalty to 10 years reflects Parliament's intention that general deterrence be given significant weight.
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