SPAD

/ spæd /

acronym for

1. signal passed at danger: an incident in which a train goes through a red light

Example Sentences

But in the quarter-century since Ladbroke Grove, there has not been a fatality caused by SPAD.

From BBC

Sad for the bear, but feeling that the police had the situation under control, Spad went back inside and then to bed.

From Los Angeles Times

"The spad sprang away from me and I left."

From BBC

The prime minister is known to have been at at least two of these - the garden party and the spad's leaving do - and reports suggest he could have been at up to three more.

From BBC

The special adviser — known as a “spad” in British government speak — said Johnson agreed.

From Washington Post