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Manslaughter sound so much more serious than death by careless driving for some reason, perhaps it's because death by careless driving rarely results in a prison sentence.
As far as the expressions are concerned, it's 'causing death by dangerous driving', of course, which already removes the perpetrator from the action by 'interposing' the dangerous driving as a means ('by') and making it quite unclear prima facie what the relation between cause and effect is. 'Manslaughter' is clear--someone has slaughtered someone (and slaughter is a powerful word).
Oliver Schick
Manslaughter sound so much more serious than death by careless driving for some reason, perhaps it's because death by careless driving rarely results in a prison sentence.