Road traffic accidents cannot be understood merely as a series of incidents. Behind each case lie decisions, risky behavior, criminal liability, direct and indirect victims, and a social impact that demands a legal, law enforcement, institutional, and humanitarian response.
This was one of the main conclusions of the event “It Was No Accident,” held at Francisco de Vitoria University to mark the launch of the book La Marquesina by Laura Gómez García, a doctor of law, criminologist, and director of the Master’s Program in Criminalistics. The event was attended by experts from various fields who helped provide an analysis of traffic accidents from different perspectives.
Joining Laura were journalists Marta Robles and Noelia Camacho, Mario Jesús Sanz Fernández-Vega, court prosecutor and coordinator of Road Safety; Pere Navarro, Director General of Traffic; Fernando Argote Cardeñosa, Chief Commissioner of the Judicial Traffic Police of the Madrid Municipal Police; and María José Jiménez and Gema Sánchez, who have been affected by this lack of road safety.
Laura's work documents the case of Iván Plaza Jiménez, a 15-year-old teenager who lost his life in 2016 after being struck by a repeat offender who was under the influence of alcohol and drugs and driving a stolen vehicle.
