Overview
- The Crown Prosecution Service authorised charges Wednesday after reviewing an Independent Office for Police Conduct file on the 2024 Eltham collision.
- PC Chris Johnson is charged with causing death by dangerous driving, and former PC Danny Tomkins faces a charge of dangerous driving.
- Both defendants are due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on 28 May 2026.
- The case stems from a crash on 17 October 2024 on the A20 in Eltham, where two unmarked police cars were involved in a collision with a 38-year-old driver whose unborn child died at the scene and who later died in hospital.
- Criminal proceedings are active, with the CPS warning against reporting that could prejudice the case and the family asking not to be named or contacted by the media.