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 White paper on crime 2009 Part1/Chapter3/Section1/2 

2 Disposition in public prosecutors offices

  Fig. 1-3-1-4 shows the percent distribution of persons finally disposed for traffic cases (refers to cases of dangerous driving causing death or injury, negligence in vehicle driving causing death or injury, etc., violations of traffic related acts; hereinafter the same in this subsection) in public prosecutors offices by type of disposition, and compares them with non-traffic cases (general cases) in 2008.
  The proportion of indictment for dangerous driving causing death or injury was remarkably high at 75.9% when compared with general cases. The proportions of indictment for negligence in vehicle driving causing death or injury, etc. and violations of traffic related acts were significantly low at less than 2.0% , and the proportion of non-prosecution for the former was remarkably high, while that of summary trial procedure was high for the latter.

Fig. 1-3-1-4  Percent distribution of persons finally disposed in public prosecutors offices for traffic cases by type of disposition (2008)

  Fig. 1-3-1-5 shows the percent distribution of indicted cases for dangerous driving causing death or injury by type of violation in 2008.

Fig. 1-3-1-5  Percent distribution of indicted cases for dangerous driving causing death or injury by type of violation (2008)