Identification of the Culprit in the Investigation of Traffic Offences in Cases of the Driver’s Death

Abstract

The author examines investigative situations in cases of the death of key traffic accident participants — drivers of vehicles, as well as the procedure followed by the law enforcement bodies during the preliminary investigation. Problems arising during the pre-investigation reviews are identified, and recommendations for ensuring a comprehensive investigation and completing its key tasks are given. The author shows why it is necessary to install dashboard cameras on vehicles and to adopt this requirement at the legislative level. Special attention is paid to the traffic accidents when not only the driver, but also other participants receive grave injuries, as the key requirement here is to prove that the dead person was really driving the vehicle. The non-rehabilitating legal decisions regarding the guilty dead drivers that are made by the investigators meet objections from close relatives, and as a result criminal cases are directed to court to be considered in a general procedure.