It is. If you take reckless/unlawful actions that results in someone dying that you never intended then that is manslaughter. In the U.K. murder is usually reserved for preemptive/planned/intented acts of killing someone.
They're not the same charge, man.
Causing death by dangerous driving is one of the most widely used examples of manslaughter.
The most serious examples of death by reckless driving are prosecuted under manslaughter. Death by reckless driving charges are usually reserved for those who are bad drivers (not deliberately reckless) and end up killing someone.
That’s just not true though.
Death by careless or dangerous driving and manslaughter are two seperate charges and with good reason. If anything, death by dangerous/careless driving is often viewed more serious in court than manslaughter (depending on the circumstances).
An act of unlawful manslaughter must also be carried out via an unlawful act (ie, assaulting someone), whereas driving is not an unlawful act in it’s own right.
The only type of manslaughter that could be used for a driving offence is gross negligence manslaughter, although charging someone with that would be very, very rare. It would have to be a particularly unique case where the police could evidence that the person driving was driving so erratically the death of someone was highly likely.