noun
vehicular manslaughter; dangerous driving causing death
A legal charge in Japan for causing death by dangerous driving, often involving reckless behavior such as drunk driving or excessive speeding.
飲酒運転で事故を起こした運転手は、危険運転致死罪で起訴された。
The driver who caused the accident while drunk was charged with vehicular manslaughter.
A broader law covering dangerous driving resulting in injury or death; 危険運転致死罪 is a specific charge under this law.
Negligent driving causing death, a lesser charge when the driving is not considered willfully dangerous.
Compound of 危険 (dangerous), 運転 (driving), 致死 (causing death), and 罪 (crime). A modern legal term.