150 injured in Liverpool parade before horror car incident involving Paul Doyle

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A report has found that almost 150 people were injured during the Liverpool FC title parade last summer before the car crash on Water Street involving Paul Doyle

Liverpool FC players during the Premier League trophy parade.(Image: John Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images)

Almost 150 people were injured during Liverpool FC's Premier League title parade in May 2025, in circumstances unrelated to the Water Street incident, a new report has revealed.

After a day of jubilant scenes in Liverpool, Paul Doyle drove his car into crowds on Water Street in the city center, injuring 130 people. Doyle later admitted 31 offences and was jailed for more than 21 years.

Now, a report focusing on the parade's organization before the Water Street incident has found that 146 people were treated for injuries during the day. The most common cause was burns, the North West Ambulance service said.

As part of the report, a safety expert recommended that tighter rules be put in place for the use of flares. They also want to see new powers introduced to stop people climbing on lampposts and scaffolding, which led to "high-risk behavior".

Liverpool City Council commissioned the independent report in a bid to improve any similar future events of that scale. An estimated 1.2 million people attended the parade in total.

The incident on Water Street, in which Doyle drove his car into the crowds, was a criminal matter and was therefore outside the scope of the report.

Liverpool FC Premier League Champions parade. Photo by Colin Lane(Image: Colin Lane/Liverpool Echo)

It found planning for the event had been "thorough and complete" and said the "unprecedented" number of people attending the event "could not have been anticipated".

There were more people in the city for several reasons, including that fans knew Liverpool had secured the title early in the season and therefore had more time to plan a trip.

Additionally, while Liverpool won the title in 2019/20, that was during the Covid-19 pandemic, and therefore, such widespread celebrations were curtailed.

The report noted that it would be better not to have organized BBC Radio One's Big Weekend and the arrival in the city of Cunard's Queen Anne to mark the cruise line's 185th anniversary on the same weekend.

"High-risk behaviour such as this is not specific to football, nor Liverpool, but is a behaviour observed globally nowadays," safety expert Eric Stuart said.

"The desire to create a media moment and share it for 'likes' is boosted by the sometimes irresponsible behaviours of social media influencers."

Stuart added that Liverpool City Council should consider asking for a government clampdown on those manufacturing, importing, or supplying pyrotechnics in the future.