Justice, accountability and safer roads

First Friday: Justice, accountability and safer roads – a conversation with Jonathan Egan of the Crown Prosecution Service and Professor Sally Kyd of Leicester University

Every death or serious injury on Britain’s roads has consequences far beyond the collision itself – for victims, bereaved families, emergency responders, investigators and communities. The Crown Prosecution Service has a vital role in ensuring that the most serious road traffic offending is considered rigorously, prosecuted fairly and understood in the wider context of public safety.

This is an important First Friday conversation with Jonathan Egan of the Crown Prosecution Service. Jonathan has responsibility for resource deployment and authorisation of casework decisions and was the CPS national lead tutor for fatal road traffic cases.

We discussed the CPS’s contribution to reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads; the relationship between effective investigation and successful prosecution; the needs of victims and bereaved families; and the legal, evidential and public-interest issues that shape decisions in serious collision cases. We will also considered the distinction between dangerous and careless driving offences.