Sally Kyd
@profkyd.bsky.social
Professor of Criminal Law; dog lover; road harm reduction enthusiast; steel pan player.
www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2643113... How is this "news"??? Are local reporters going to start reporting on all "traffic court" cases?
Man, 35, fined for speeding on A-road in 8mph offence
A man has been fined for speeding in an 8mph offence.
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😲 Blind drink-driver travelled 150 miles – before police spotted him | News UK | Metro News share.google/VpC0p2znieFu...
Blind drink-driver travelled 150 miles – before police spotted him
A court heard it was 'miraculous' that nobody was killed.
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Man admits killing couple after dangerous driving on M4 in West London - Yahoo News UK share.google/tHc1izw2Lc07... Motor manslaughter case. I'd really like to know more. Highly unusual, in that manslaughter was selected as the charge, but also the speed with which it has progressed to court.
Man admits killing couple after dangerous driving on M4 in West London
“This is a truly tragic case in which two innocent members of the public have lost their lives"
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Motor murder charge. Interesting that the suspect was originally arrested for causing death by dangerous driving. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/u...
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An 18-year-old driver has been arrested in suspicion of murder after one teenager was killed and another was injured in an incident in Gorseinon this afternoon. www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-n...
Teen dead and another in hospital as 18-year-old held over alleged crash murder
Police have issued a major update following an incident im Gorseinon, Swansea
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Motor murder case (D used his car as a weapon with intent to cause GBH). One to use as an example of transferred malice for my undergraduates next year. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Teenager sentenced to life in prison after killing mother-of-three with car
Shelley Davis has been described as a ‘force of nature’ by her loved ones
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At the Delivering Vision Zero conference in Birmingham. Aria Rattan, active travel ambassador: “Somewhere along the way, we’ve decided that the safest place for a child is inside the back of car.” “How can we have a childhood if we can’t walk through it” #PitchPerfect 🌱
Global Cycling Network has made a film about how the law treats road violence. What assumptions underpin criminal law and punishment? Does law’s focus on the driver obscure the structural reasons why roads are unsafe? How can we radically reduce road harm?: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHRf...
Why Aren't Dangerous Drivers Punished?
YouTube video by Global Cycling Network
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The film features @profkyd.bsky.social and draws on this paper of mine academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...
Beyond motonormative punishment: On road safety as environmental regulation
Abstract. Criminology has a blind spot concerning road safety. The field tends to accept that the problem is best left to technical specialists; treats roa
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Defendant pleaded guilty to causing death by dangerous driving. A case in which, unusually, the offender was given a lifetime ban. This is likely due to her medical condition. www.nottinghamshire.police.uk/news/notting...
Dangerous driver jailed for killing young father
A woman responsible for killing a young father-of-two and causing a multi-vehicle crash has been jailed.
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This report is a little misleading. If the Law Officers decide to refer the case, that doesn't necessarily mean the sentence will be increased. It means it'll go to the Court of Appeal, where it could be increased, or the court might dismiss the appeal. www.itv.com/news/tyne-te...
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I should probably point out that when I post about "motor murder" and "motor manslaughter" cases, these are not separate offences. These are cases where the law on murder and manslaughter is used to prosecute defendants who choose to use their car as a weapon, or who kill through gross negligence.
Sally Kyd@profkyd.bsky.social · 2mo agoMotor murder case: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Robotaxis are grabbing headlines, but autonomous vehicles that are owned, not shared, could dominate our self-driven future. That would be very bad news for cities, the environment, and anyone in a human-driven car. Me, in @bloomberg.com 🧵 (Gift Link)
The AV Future Might Not Be Shared
Right now, self-driving cars are used only for shared fleets of autonomous robotaxis. What happens when anyone can buy their own?
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Car as weapon case. Defendants sentenced to 4 and 5 years for causing GBH with intent. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hollie Dance jailed for ramming driver into tree in Basildon
Hollie Dance is the mother of Archie Battersbee, whose death attracted global headlines in 2022.
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Dash cams are useful as a method of supporting the police, as per my previous post. But they might also help avoid being a victim of this kind of thing. news.sky.com/story/rounda...
'Roundabout traps' and 'sideroad setups': The UK's car insurance scam hotspots revealed
The Insurance Fraud Bureau received more than 9,400 reports of insurance fraud in 2025, which is the highest annual figure on record. The specialist police unit revealed which postcodes are the worst ...
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Felt like I'd gone back a few decades at the station this morning. That's a road atlas in the back!
This is a really poor headline. @birminghamlive.bsky.social campaigns for lifetime bans for some drivers who kill. Why not take the opportunity to educate the public about the issues at stake? share.google/j0uGjQMf7sVH...
DVLA rule means 157,000 drivers automatically face losing their licence
In total, 1,231,744 are currently at increased risk of a driving ban
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Watch the closing speeches of prosecution and defence counsel in a case of car as weapon in New Zealand. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Jury to decide whether police officer’s death was murder or manslaughter
The final moments before Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming was killed in Nelson’s Buxton Square on New Year’s Eve have been laid bare before a jury.
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Motor manslaughter case. If I wasn't in the middle of undergraduate marking I'd be heading up to Lincoln to observe the trial of the 7 co-defs and the sentencing of the def who pleaded guilty to manslaughter (but not guilty to causing death by dangerous driving). www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man admits manslaughter of father-of-three in Tongue End
Bailey Fitzgerald, from Pinchbeck, is in court following the death of Sean Burlton in November 2023.
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www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/2608755... The defendant in this case, Bandali, had a previous conviction for causing death by dangerous driving in 1999. But of course he's safe to be allowed to drive again, receiving a ban of one year and eight months for his recent offence.
Dangerous Honda driver jailed after head-on crash when collecting drugs
A dangerous driver has been jailed after crashing head-on into another car on an Oxfordshire road.
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Evidence that the police do consider more serious offences, including murder, in cases of road violence. I hope that, once the case has run its course, further information is released relating to the reason why someone was arrested on suspicion of murder in this case. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Two released in A1 crash death investigation
A 52-year-old woman died after being hit by a car on the A1 in Lincolnshire, police say.
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Car as weapon in Canada. 5 yrs for manslaughter after defendant acquitted of murder. He drove onto the pavement and collided with his wife. I'm no expert in Canadian law, but the Crown had asked for 10 yrs due to it being a VAWG case, and that sounds more reasonable! globalnews.ca/news/1182900...
Man found guilty of manslaughter gets 5 years in prison for wife’s death - Toronto | Globalnews.ca
A man who drove onto a curb, striking and killing his wife of 16 years after a fight outside the couple's Etobicoke home, has been sentenced to five years in prison.
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Car as weapon conviction: guilty of s.18 causing GBH with intent. Not guilty of attempted murder. 10 years imprisonment. www.south-wales.police.uk/news/south-w...
Port Talbot woman jailed following deliberate hit and run
Louise Blackwell showed no signs of slowing down as she then fled the scene in her vehicle.
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We have a programme for the '2026 Cars & Crime Symposium' jmpinasanchez.github.io/static/Progr... It should give us a nice couple of days of learning about the criminal dimension of car culture. Preprints of the papers in preparation will be uploaded here: jmpinasanchez.github.io/outreach.html
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Insightful reporting from the BBC here. Rise in Speeding Fines Linked to More Drivers Breaking the Limit - BBC share.google/lf7lLRVmZCtA...
Rise in Speeding Fines Linked to More Drivers Breaking the Limit
Speeding fines and convictions have risen sharply across the UK in recent years, with new figures indicating that more motorists are exceeding limits and more of them are being caught. Consumer expert...
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