In the case of a death resulting
from negligence on the roads, the crime
of road homicide is established.
In 2016, the Vehicular Homicide Law filled a gap in the legal
system and started to punish, specifically, those who caused
someone's death on the road.
When it was passed in 2016, the said
law was hailed as one of the missing links in the
Italian legal system.
It was a law that was considered flawless, as it placed on the
same level those who got behind the wheel and caused fatalities by
engaging in culpable behavior, and those who generated an accident
through a series of unfortunate events.
The Clarifying Newsletter
To complete the picture of the subjects who could be guilty of
road murder, a subsequent newsletter has been sent by the Ministry
of the Interior to Carabiniers, Police, Financial Police (Guardia
di Finanza), Police Headquarters and
Prefectures, which attributed possible responsibility
in mournful events not only to those
who were
