Overview

• Assistant Coroner Lindsey Tonks concluded the death resulted from a road traffic collision at an inquest held in September 2025.
• Dashcam footage captured repeated high‑speed runs between the Trentham Gardens and Trentham Monkey Forest roundabouts before the crash.
• Police calculated an average speed of 133.5mph over a 72‑metre segment, with the BMW’s speedometer frozen near 135mph on a 60mph road.
• The BMW collided with a Renault Clio that was overtaking, left the carriageway, struck a grass verge, and came to rest in a wooded area, where Tom Grindey died at the scene.
• Toxicology reported no alcohol or drugs, no mechanical defects were found on either vehicle, and no action was taken against the Clio driver.