TfL could face corporate manslaughter charge

[AndyK]

The police are contemplating bringing the charge against TfL for the death of Deep Lee:

 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/cyclesafety/article3336152.ece

"Police are looking at bringing the first corporate manslaughter charge against a highways agency after a cyclist was killed on a notoriously dangerous stretch of road.
The move by Scotland Yard comes amid mounting frustration by emergency services at the number of avoidable deaths of urban cyclists."

If this happens it will change the game around the country.

[spindrift]

Blimey, that Kings X blog threatened this.

[Cudzoziemiec]

Not sure about the whole country. It looks from that article as if they're contemplating a corporate manslaughter charge because the road at that point does not meet TfL’s London Cycling Design Standards on minimum lane width for busy roads, so it's an authority-specific guideline. Presumably other LAs have their own guidelines, but if they don't, the charge wouldn't apply!