Example 1: Car hits tree. Police report identifies an injured driver. Example 2: Car in collision with cyclist. No driver mentioned. Example 3: car in collision with pedestrian. No driver reported.

In each case, the report portrays a car in a collision it while *it* was travelling down the road. It should say that a driver was travelling down the road in their car when the collision occurred. Factual, neutral reporting reflecting driver involvement in collisions is needed.

Human factors are the biggest causal contributor to the road KSI figures. Police reporting begins by excising human involvement of drivers in collisions. Drivers only appear as casualty stats, not as actors in collisions. This is amplified in press reporting.

It depersonalises the dialogue. It tells the public that collisions happen to cars. ‘Just one of those things’. It’s pervasive and negative and needs to be challenged, much like the previous practice of labelling collisions as “accidents” needed to stop.

Hopefully this excellent work by @laura_laker will reach the likes of @NorthantsChief who apparently proudly stands against this guidance, and victims of road crime who ask for reporting of driver involvement to be taken seriously. https://twitter.com/laura_laker/status/1310354028694401024