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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Gwyn Topham Transport correspondent

Victims of road crime feel ‘forgotten by system’, official review finds

Road traffic constable holding a breathalyser
An estimated 25-30% of collisions involve criminal driving, such as drink or drug use or speeding. Photograph: Andrew Milligan/PA

Bereaved families or seriously injured victims of road crime feel “forgotten by the system” with offences not treated with the seriousness they deserve, an official review has found.

The victims’ commissioner for England and Wales found that many of the thousands afflicted each year by criminal driving felt that “the harm they had suffered mattered less” than that from other serious crimes.

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