2025 Liverpool parade attack
traffic collision
On 26 May 2025, Paul Doyle drove a grey Ford Galaxy into a crowd on Water Street in Liverpool, England, during a victory parade celebrating Liverpool Football Club's 2024–25 Premier League title win. Over 130 people were injured; at least 50 were taken to hospital, including four children.
Merseyside Police arrested Doyle at the scene and issued seven charges: one count of dangerous driving; two counts of unlawful and malicious wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm; two counts of causing unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm; and two counts of attempted unlawful and malicious grievous bodily harm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm. He appeared at Liverpool Crown Court on 30 May and was remanded in custody. On 26 November 2025, at the start of his trial, Doyle pleaded guilty to all 31 offences, and on 16 December, he was sentenced to 21 years and 6 months in prison.
Background
Prior to the incident, locals and supporters of Liverpool F.C. were watching the team's city-wide victory parade to celebrate their victory in the 2024–25 Premier League. Scottish newspaper The National stated an estimated one million people were in attendance, though no source of the estimation was given. The open-top bus carrying the football club's team and staff members took a 10-mile (16 km) route starting at Allerton Maze and ending at The Strand in the city centre. St John Ambulance were providing event cover for the parade, including 12 ambulances. The incident took place 10 minutes after the bus had passed through the area.
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