Driving offences | The Crown Prosecution Service

Man jailed for causing death by dangerous driving

A man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison after killing a 21-year-old woman in a car crash after a police pursuit.

CPS statement on the sentencing of driver who killed a woman

A dangerous driver who dragged a woman trapped under his car for around 900 metres before leaving her body on a roadside, has been jailed for 14 years.

Lorry driver distracted by social media video jailed for causing the death of three people in A303 collision

The driver of a heavy goods vehicle has been jailed today (24 February 2023) at Winchester Crown Court after he caused a collision on the A303 that tragically killed three people.

Man jailed following fatal car crash in Gorton

A 35-year-old man has been sentenced to 11 years and four months in prison for causing the death of a 25-year-old man and causing serious injury to a 30-year-old woman in Gorton in December last year.

On 5 December at 11.40pm Ryan McElroy was driving a Vauxhall Crossland at speed on Mount Road in Gorton, Manchester, when he collided with a Vauxhall Insignia which was performing a U-turn on the road.

Driver sentenced for lapse of concentration that led to the death of a great-grandmother

A Merseyside man who drove through a red light into the path of another car, killing a 93-year-old great-grandmother has been sentenced.

Dedfrydu modurwr am ladd cerddwr

Mae gyrrwr 96 oed, y cynghorwyd ef i beidio â gyrru oherwydd ei olwg gwael, wedi’i ddedfrydu am achosi marwolaeth drwy yrru’n beryglus.

Motorist sentenced for killing pedestrian

A 96-year-old driver who had been advised not to drive due to his poor eyesight has been sentenced for causing death by dangerous driving.

HGV driver jailed for causing death by dangerous driving

An HGV driver has been jailed for two years today (13 January 2023) at Swindon Crown Court after he ploughed into the back of a stationary vehicle on the M4, causing the death of Craig Davies.

Shane Davies, aged 59 and from Swansea, was driving a Volvo heavy articulated lorry along the westbound carriageway between junctions 15 and 16 of the M4 in the very early hours of the morning on 16 March 2020, when he collided with an Iveco Ford lorry that had broken down on the hard shoulder.

Basingstoke man sentenced for driving at police officers to avoid arrest

A man from Basingstoke was sentenced on 11 January 2023 for dangerous driving when he drove at police officers to avoid being arrested.

Simon Hardy, 37, was sentenced to 14 months' imprisonment, suspended for 18 months, at Winchester Crown Court.

He was also disqualified from driving for 12 months and ordered to undertake 20 Rehabilitation Activity Requirement days, with a six month alcohol treatment requirement.

Driver pleads guilty to manslaughter of woman

A driver has admitted killing a woman and causing serious injury to a man in a hit and run incident on Roanne Ringway, Nuneaton on 19 June 2021.

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