Most car-ramming incidents aren’t terrorism – but they’re becoming more common and crowds need better protection

Hundreds of thousands of Liverpool Football Club fans packed the centre of Liverpool on Monday to celebrate the club’s English Premier League title.

Shortly after 6pm local time, a grey Ford Galaxy drove into the crowd, just minutes after the team’s open-top bus had passed through.

At the time of writing, 47 people were injured – 27 of whom were taken to hospital, including four children.