asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vehicles of each type are in the service of each police authority; how many of each type in each authority area have been involved in accidents in each year since 1970; how many deaths have resulted from such accidents in each of the years; and on how many occasions subsequent inquiry has shown the police vehicle driver to be at fault.
Force | Cars | Motor Cycles | Others (including all Regional Crime Squad Vehicles) | Total | |||
Avon & Somerset | … | … | … | 350 | 74 | 179 | 603 |
Bedfordshire | … | … | … | 110 | 35 | 28 | 173 |
Cambridgeshire | … | … | … | 206 | 16 | 23 | 245 |
Cheshire | … | … | … | 274 | 49 | 71 | 394 |
Cleveland | … | … | … | 132 | 10 | 71 | 213 |
Cumbria | … | … | … | 97 | 54 | 114 | 265 |
Derbyshire | … | … | … | 100 | 23 | 159 | 282 |
Devon & Cornwall | … | … | … | 453 | 90 | 38 | 581 |
Dorset | … | … | … | 46 | 42 | 100 | 188 |
Durham | … | … | … | 168 | 28 | 94 | 290 |
Dyfed Powys | … | … | … | 99 | 22 | 48 | 169 |
Essex | … | … | … | 284 | 91 | 170 | 545 |
Gloucestershire | … | … | … | 93 | 118 | 101 | 312 |
Greater Manchester | … | … | … | 750 | 79 | 209 | 1,038 |
Gwent | … | … | … | 97 | 21 | 46 | 164 |
Hampshire | … | … | … | 371 | 275 | 192 | 838 |
Hertfordshire | … | … | … | 220 | 75 | 79 | 374 |
Humberside | … | … | … | 165 | 25 | 122 | 312 |
Kent | … | … | … | 231 | 299 | 255 | 785 |
Lancashire | … | … | … | 338 | 71 | 179 | 588 |
Leicestershire | … | … | … | 123 | 84 | 148 | 355 |
Lincolnshire | … | … | … | 119 | 28 | 149 | 296 |
Merseyside | … | … | … | 303 | 92 | 103 | 498 |
Norfolk | … | … | … | 76 | 57 | 145 | 278 |
Northamptonshire | … | … | … | 134 | 26 | 49 | 209 |
Northumbria | … | … | … | 306 | 22 | 221 | 549 |
North Wales | … | … | … | 74 | 53 | 133 | 260 |
North Yorkshire | … | … | … | 131 | 71 | 128 | 276 |
Nottinghamshire | … | … | … | 229 | 74 | 120 | 423 |
South Wales | … | … | … | 339 | 51 | 137 | 527 |
South Yorkshire | … | … | … | 272 | 31 | 140 | 443 |
Staffordshire | … | … | … | 222 | 118 | 182 | 522 |
Suffolk | … | … | … | 114 | 30 | 80 | 224 |
Surrey | … | … | … | 147 | 42 | 59 | 248 |
Sussex | … | … | … | 362 | 180 | 136 | 678 |
Thames Valley | … | … | … | 404 | 108 | 227 | 739 |
Warwiskchire | … | … | … | 130 | 61 | 56 | 247 |
West Mercia | … | … | … | 80 | 35 | 354 | 469 |
West Midlands | … | … | … | 410 | 153 | 151 | 714 |
West Yorkshire | … | … | … | 545 | 48 | 189 | 782 |
Wiltshire | … | … | … | 134 | 37 | 86 | 257 |
Metropolitan | … | … | … | 1,986 | 479 | 961 | 3,426 |
City of London | … | … | … | 16 | 21 | 25 | 62 |
Force Area | Number of Accidents | Police Blameworthy |
Avon & Somerset | 373 | 117 |
Bedfordshire | 142 | 65 |
Cambridgeshire | 171 | 67 |
Cheshire | 278 | 83 |
Cleveland | 131 | 62 |
Cumbria | 111 | 56 |
Derbyshire | 240 | 114 |
Devon & Cornwall | 394 | 180 |
Dorset | 186 | 85 |
Durham | 284 | 79 |
Dyfed Powys | 54 | 17 |
Essex | 310 | 127 |
Gloucestershire | 178 | 103 |
Police authorities' vehicle establishments are as follows:
Greater Manchester 1 | 324 | 107 |
Gwent | 132 | 68 |
Hampshire | 311 | 128 |
Hertfordshire | 256 | 140 |
Humberside 2 | 108 | 55 |
Kent | 385 | 311 |
Lancashire 3 | 872 | 450 |
Leicestershire | 151 | 58 |
Lincolnshire | 216 | 104 |
Merseyside | 181 | 41 |
Norfolk | 185 | 120 |
Northamptonshire | 122 | 61 |
Northumbria | 368 | 118 |
North Wales | 120 | 33 |
North Yorkshire | 265 | 158 |
Nottinghamshire | 334 | 115 |
South Wales | 299 | 86 |
South Yorkshire 4 | 198 | 108 |
Staffordshire | 512 | 172 |
Suffolk | 199 | 80 |
Surrey | 163 | 72 |
Sussex | 576 | 233 |
Thames Valley | 486 | 172 |
Warwickshire | 318 | 89 |
West Mercia | 153 | 60 |
West Midlands | 946 | 358 |
West Yorkshire 5 | 512 | 185 |
Wiltshire | 124 | 25 |
Metropolitan | 2,439 | 1,295 |
City of London | 43 | 16 |
1–5 As a result of reorganisation, figures for 1973 in these force areas are not available. The figures given are for 1972 and relate to the following force areas then in existence: | ||
1 Manchester and Salford | ||
2 Kingston upon Hull | ||
3 Lancashire | ||
4 Sheffield and Rotherham | ||
5 West Yorkshire |
The other information sought is not readily available.