Whoever is solely responsible for a traffic accident causing death will be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention.

According to the "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Traffic Accidents":

Article 2: Anyone who causes a traffic accident under any of the following circumstances shall be sentenced to three years in prison The following fixed-term imprisonment or criminal detention:?

(1) One person dies or three or more people are seriously injured, and he is fully or mainly responsible for the accident; (2) Three or more people die, and he is responsible Equally responsible for the accident;?

(3) Causing direct losses to the public property or other people's property, bearing all or major responsibility for the accident, and being unable to compensate for an amount of more than 300,000 yuan.

Extended information

The "Working Standards for Handling Road Traffic Accidents" stipulates:

Article 23 If the parties *** agree to request mediation, the traffic police Mediation should be conducted on the spot, and the mediation results should be recorded in the "Road Traffic Accident Determination Letter (Simplified Procedure)", signed by the parties and delivered to the parties.

Article 24 If a party has objections to the determination of a road traffic accident, or refuses to sign the "Road Traffic Accident Determination Letter (Simplified Procedure)", or does not agree to be mediated by the traffic police, the traffic police shall Record it on the "Road Traffic Accident Determination Letter (Simplified Procedure)", deliver it to the party concerned, and inform the party that he or she can file a civil lawsuit with the People's Court; if the party refuses to accept it, the traffic police shall record it in the "Road Traffic Accident Determination Letter (Simplified Procedure)" be recorded on.

Interpretation of Yao'an County People's Government-Supreme People's Court on Several Issues concerning the Specific Application of Law in the Trial of Criminal Cases of Traffic Accidents