Police officer dismissed over car crash conviction

A police officer who received a suspended prison sentence after causing serious injuries by dangerous driving whilst off duty has been dismissed from his job.

Former Thames Valley Police PC Tobias Loughran had attempted to overtake another car whilst on his way home from work in December 2023 when he collided with an oncoming vehicle.

The incident left both the drivers of the oncoming vehicle and the one he had been overtaking with serious injuries, and resulted in Loughran's conviction in August 2025.

A police misconduct hearing following his sentencing has now found Loughran - who was based in Oxfordshire - committed gross misconduct and dismissed him without notice.

In passing his judgement, Chief Constable Jason Hogg said the officer's behaviour "fell below the standards required".

"I came the the view that retaining PC Loughran in the organisation had the potential to damage public confidence in policing," he explained.

A report from the misconduct hearing said Loughran had taken "full responsibility for his actions" and described the incident as the "the single worst decision of his life, something he will live with forever".

The former PC said he "thinks about that morning every day" and that it had "changed him as a person", the report stated.

In May 2025, Loughran was charged in relation to the incident in December 2023 - which left one victim with a fractured neck and another requiring eye surgery.

He pleaded guilty to two charges of causing serious injury by dangerous driving and received a two-year suspended prison sentence.

Loughran also received 240 hours of community service and was disqualified from driving for three years.

Despite dismissing him, Hogg said he "concurred" with the judge who sentenced Loughran who said the former officer was an "asset to the public".

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