News - Careless Driving

A man from Devon has been convicted of careless driving without due care and attention at a trial in Exeter Magistrates’ Court. Jonathan Clarke-Irons had pleaded not guilty to the charge, but evidence from CCTV and the defendant’s own dash-cam Read more...

Appearing in Llanelli Magistrates’ Court on March 3, 62-year-old Steven Phillips of Lletynewydd was fined £440 following a conviction for careless driving. He was also given six licence points and ordered to pay £130 in costs and £176 surcharge. On Read more...

At a hearing in Peterborough Crown Court on February 24, lorry driver Kevin Miller, 71, admitted to causing the death of a young mother in the Willingham area of Cambridgeshire. Miller, of Gayton Road, King’s Lynn, was initially charged with Read more...

Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) driver Raymond Cox has been convicted for driving without due care and attention, following a collision on the A27 on July 28, 2025. Cox was driving his HGV near the Holmbush Centre in Shoreham, when his Read more...

Appearing before Aberystwyth Magistrates’ Court on January 14, 19-year-old Daniel Davis was fined after pleading guilty to a charge of driving without due care and attention. Davis, from Llanrhystud, was caught driving carelessly along the A457 in Aberaeron in November Read more...

At a hearing on December 11 in Preston Crown Court, Wesley Austin was handed a custodial sentence following his conviction for a string of motoring offences and drug possession. Austin, 32, of Windsor Terrace, Fleetwood, had been found guilty of Read more...

A woman from Kirklevington has been given a suspended prison sentence after pleading guilty to a charge of causing death by careless driving. On June 15, 2022, motorcyclist Dax Jones, 51, was travelling southbound on the A19 near Ingleby Arncliffe Read more...

A mother has escaped prison time after a terrible incident resulted in the death of two of her sons. In a horrific accident, Amy Sheppard crashed her Vauxhall Astra into an Audi on the A52 in Lincolnshire, killing sons Louie, Read more...

At a hearing in Preston Crown Court on December 9, a truck driver was sentenced to two years in custody for causing the death of a 6-year-old girl by careless driving. Stephen Worden, 61, had been charged with one count Read more...

If you’ve been stopped by the police or received a court summons for a driving offence, you might feel swamped with terminology. Careless driving and dangerous driving are two of the most commonly charged offences in the UK. But while Read more...

You may have heard careless driving also referred to by the slightly more formal term ‘driving without due care and attention’. This offence applies when a driver’s behaviour on the road is not up to the expected standard of a Read more...

Famed presenter Holly Willoughby was ordered to pay a fine and court costs at a hearing in Lavender Hill Magistrates’ Court after an incident involving a motorcyclist. Ms. Willoughby, who was referred to in court under her married name, Mrs. Read more...