Vehicular homicide Italy: a new criminal offence
Vehicular homicide in Italy is governed by
Article 589 bis of the Criminal Code, as separate criminal offence
introduced by the new law no. 41 dated March 23rd 2016
on vehicular homicide.
In accordance with the mentioned provisions, a motor vehicle
driver, whose negligent behaviour is the cause of the fatal event,
is punishable.
The penalty provided for this offence is
imprisonment, its entity is determined according to the
degree of the negligence.
The crime at issue, by now subject to a separate regulation,
differs from manslaughter which is otherwise covered by Article 589
of the Criminal Code.
Vehicular homicide Italy: penalty and aggravating factors
