Prosecutor Claire Holmes said Elsie was a rear passenger in the car driven by Mr Gascoigne and was travelling home from a shopping trip when they were struck head-on by Dudenski’s van.
Ms Holmes told the court Dudenski had already overtaken another vehicle and then a short time later moved on to the wrong side of the road to pass another unknown vehicle in the hidden dip.
“There were warnings of the hidden dip, road signs and road markings,” Ms Holmes said.
“Either Dudenski paid insignificant attention and did not see the warnings or he saw them and ignored them.”
The prosecutor said Mr Gascoigne tried to take evasive action but a head-on collision could not be avoided.
Elsie was taken to hospital after suffering a broken neck but died in the early hours of the following morning.
Passing sentence, Judge Sjolin Knight said she accepted that Dudenski was unaware of the dip, which meant his dangerous driving did not fall into the highest sentencing category, but told him: “You were tragically wrong about that.”
She added that his driving showed a “lack of patience”.
“In your interview you said you waited for a few seconds, but as I have found that simply cannot be true,” the judge said.
She added: “I did not until today see remorse for Elsie and her family.”
