Tara Lee Stewart, now 19, of Fish Parade, appeared before magistrate Cate Follent in Bathurst Local Court on Monday.

Stewart had previously pleaded guilty to negligent driving occasioning death and two counts of causing bodily harm by misconduct in charge of a motor vehicle following the crash in October 2018.

On Monday, the court was given four victim impact statements written by the victim's parents, her brother and grandmother.

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Wendy Hastings read two of the statements to the court. A statement from the grandmother spoke of the close bond she had shared with her late 13-year-old granddaughter.

"I was there from your first breath until your last," she said.

The grandmother recalled how the crash victim loved to sing and dance, describing her as "a lovely girl who was very kind and helpful".

The grandmother said there was now a void in her life. The court heard she took comfort from the fact her granddaughter had become an organ donor, helping five other people.

"Now we are lost in our grief, there's no future without her," the statement said.

A statement from the victim's older brother told how he had gone straight to the hospital to be with his sister after the crash, "hoping that she would wake up".

"But you were just too injured," he wrote.

Stewart's solicitor, Mason Manwaring, made submissions to the court saying it was "a very difficult matter for the court to determine."

"The death of a young person in very tragic circumstances, where an adult but still a young person is responsible."

He said his client, as a very inexperienced driver on a dirt road, had attempted to manoeuvre around potholes.

She went to the wrong side of the road and when coming back to the right side, lost control of the vehicle.

"No doubt the inexperience of a red P-plate driver on a dirt road is partly to blame."

He said it was a mistake in judgment, which has had an horrific result for the victim and her family and friends.

While the crown submitted the Section 5 threshold had been crossed, meaning no penalty other than full-time imprisonment was appropriate, Mr Manwaring disagreed.

He said with regard to the circumstances and the absence of any aggravating features, a community-based option was appropriate.