{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-3ZB",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988/section-3ZB.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/52",
  "legislation_title": "Road Traffic Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-traffic-act-1988",
  "path": "section/3ZB",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3ZB",
  "heading": "Causing death by driving: unlicensed... or uninsured drivers",
  "text": "A person is guilty of an offence under this section if he causes the death of another person by driving a motor vehicle on a road and, at the time when he is driving, the circumstances are such that he is committing an offence under—\n(a) section 87(1) of this Act (driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence),\n(b) ... or\n(c) section 143 of this Act (using motor vehicle while uninsured ...).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 3ZB inserted (18.8.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 21(1), 61(1) (with s. 61(4)(5)); S.I. 2008/1918, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 3ZB(b) omitted (13.4.2015) by virtue of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 6 para. 1(2) (with s. 29(5)); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 75"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 3ZB(c) omitted (1.11.2019) by virtue of The Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1047), reg. 1, Sch. 1 para. 2 (with reg. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 3ZB heading omitted (13.4.2015) by virtue of Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2), s. 95(1), Sch. 6 para. 1(3) (with s. 29(5)); S.I. 2015/778, art. 3, Sch. 1 para. 75"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1988/52/section/3ZB",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:47:34.565959+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}