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Road deaths seen as murder
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• Fatal road accidents involving fins are to be treated as homicides under strong new guidelines produced this week by the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).
ACP° states that road traffic accident (RTA) investigating officers should use the Read Death Investigation Manual together with the Murder investigation Manual as national criteria. Richard Brunstrom, North Wales Police Chief Constable, says: "Many read deaths should, until proved to the contrary, be treated as homicides. Approximately 3,500 people are killed on roads in the UK every year—this is roughly four times the number of homicide victims."
The report, which has been compiled over the past 24 months with the help of the AA, RAC and the Department of Transport, recommends that all forces train a dedicated senior investigating officer (310) to deal with fatal crashes.
lie SIO should consider where any alleged liability or culpability for the death may lie. This includes looking at the appreciation of risk by fleet engineers and transport managers with officers checking for shoddy vehicle repairs, poor service records or driver's hours abuses.
The manual also confirms that any RTA involving commercial vehicles should be highlighted to the Vehicle Safety Branch of the VI. All tachographs and charts can be confiscated and used as "black-box recorders" to determine the speed and trajectory of the vehicle, and to look for any tampering.