Hitting someone while driving without a license constitutes a crime of traffic accident. Generally speaking, if there are no aggravating circumstances, the driver should be sentenced to less than 3 years in prison.

According to Article 133 of the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China and the People's Republic of China, violation of traffic and transportation management regulations results in a major accident, causing serious injury or death, or causing heavy losses to public or private property. Those who escape after a traffic accident or have other particularly serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than seven years; if their escape causes death, they shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years.