(2) how many police vehicles were involved in road accidents resulting in (a) slight injuries, (b) serious injuries and (c) fatalities in the last five years;
(3) how many and what percentage of police vehicles involved in accidents while responding to an emergency or otherwise in pursuit were (a) motorway patrol vehicles, (b) armed response vehicles and (c) other police vehicles in each year since 1995.
The data provided here are a supplementary series collected on behalf and released with the approval of Her Majesty’s inspectorate of constabulary (HMIC). These data are normally used for inspection purposes only.
The centrally collected data on road traffic collisions are as follows:
1. Road traffic collisions on public roads involving police vehicles.
2. Road traffic collisions on public roads during immediate/emergency response and police pursuit.
3. For the road traffic collisions at No. 2., the number of casualties and the degree of injury.
These data have been collected centrally from 2002-03 and are provided in the following tables.
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 RTCs involving police vehicles RTCs also involving non-police vehicles RTCs involving police vehicles RTCs also involving non-police vehicles RTCs involving police vehicles RTCs also involving non-police vehicles RTCs involving police vehicles RTCs also involving non-police vehicles RTCs involving police vehicles RTCs also involving non-police vehicles Avon and Somerset 647 490 618 485 541 409 501 372 508 404 Bedfordshire 196 161 242 208 221 150 243 186 231 180 Cambridgeshire 217 152 233 139 264 169 154 106 169 0 Cheshire 167 142 253 220 242 223 152 130 179 161 Cleveland 142 93 55 40 0 0 216 92 192 72 Cumbria 186 111 207 127 213 122 177 93 128 82 Derbyshire 447 127 452 128 320 146 343 153 328 130 Devon and Cornwall 449 308 415 301 450 178 406 166 388 179 Dorset 184 141 198 165 189 161 179 147 197 1— Durham 1— 1— 209 152 175 131 126 93 122 87 Dyfed-Powys 204 27 67 20 221 70 176 36 106 36 Essex 414 306 345 259 327 245 391 259 607 254 Gloucestershire 203 118 162 104 225 1— 198 106 205 1— Greater Manchester 1,038 815 1,075 772 925 688 888 656 853 627 Gwent 160 94 219 99 194 109 205 126 75 33 Hampshire 543 346 627 313 499 284 564 305 570 301 Hertfordshire 344 253 346 246 314 256 343 238 340 242 Humberside 150 92 238 124 204 110 179 96 247 138 Kent 732 271 593 244 697 195 564 250 513 194 Lancashire 510 93 489 91 412 80 422 50 557 99 Leicestershire 180 145 194 145 1— 1— 184 34 185 47 Lincolnshire 131 85 181 126 179 117 133 26 151 111 London, City of 38 31 107 56 64 41 77 44 147 106 Merseyside 240 225 297 253 244 211 273 226 270 231 Metropolitan Police 4,910 2,590 5,284 4,401 5,318 4,448 4,666 2,750 4,333 3,518 Norfolk 231 162 313 167 317 140 290 137 226 137 Northamptonshire 121 107 104 86 139 129 97 79 122 115 Northumbria 513 360 473 215 504 328 565 398 410 267 North Wales 60 54 80 59 81 68 72 74 74 66 North Yorkshire 397 16 126 18 77 67 32 31 23 17 Nottinghamshire 316 194 62 51 287 181 595 181 266 172 South Wales 917 202 862 162 0 0 749 172 789 170 South Yorkshire 316 1— 354 293 380 316 213 112 291 159 Staffordshire 306 156 536 178 410 150 568 162 377 111 Suffolk 119 74 179 84 228 124 178 62 193 97 Surrey 320 124 357 151 432 187 416 147 422 172 Sussex 470 257 256 160 237 139 214 97 260 152 Thames Valley 992 256 1,057 478 802 506 994 598 824 600 Warwickshire 119 64 155 99 123 66 128 68 114 68 West Mercia 293 183 256 158 254 158 281 163 303 175 West Midlands 1— 1— 1,418 765 1,488 774 1,183 700 1,123 600 West Yorkshire 672 540 761 596 783 598 883 547 720 334 Wiltshire 50 0 56 0 66 3 62 8 70 2
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 RTCs from immediate response/pursuit Those involving injury RTCs from immediate response/pursuit Those involving injury RTCs from immediate response/pursuit Those involving injury Avon and Somerset 242 22 290 328 237 56 Bedfordshire 126 18 156 30 111 24 Cambridgeshire 103 10 96 10 107 20 Cheshire 58 18 42 12 88 27 Cleveland 88 18 28 4 0 0 Cumbria 50 9 34 5 42 6 Derbyshire 81 26 71 15 94 28 Devon and Cornwall 58 19 66 16 73 9 Dorset 37 9 17 8 1— 1— Durham 1— 1— 108 28 101 16 Dyfed-Powys 2 0 1 0 2 0 Essex 127 23 22 22 21 21 Gloucestershire 57 24 60 5 55 12 Greater Manchester 185 49 198 43 196 62 Gwent 47 7 52 11 39 5 Hampshire 163 8 90 10 60 7 Hertfordshire 150 40 73 16 152 42 Humberside 53 13 33 11 52 11 Kent 198 25 96 80 144 20 Lancashire 62 17 56 15 53 11 Leicestershire 62 18 83 8 1— 1— Lincolnshire 38 8 62 14 60 14 London, City of 7 0 21 2 14 1 Merseyside 100 39 116 51 75 38 Metropolitan Police 2,292 166 2,441 483 2,399 468 Norfolk 41 15 41 19 48 19 Northamptonshire 53 11 55 14 59 17 Northumbria 198 53 167 42 179 65 North Wales 18 7 16 6 11 19 North Yorkshire 48 23 0 0 21 6 Nottinghamshire 127 13 49 49 19 5 South Wales 151 18 124 7 0 0 South Yorkshire 98 27 95 79 52 21 Staffordshire 106 26 98 30 63 8 Suffolk 37 7 57 14 39 10 Surrey 118 24 104 22 156 26 Sussex 147 42 90 36 76 27 Thames Valley 222 97 217 84 321 45 Warwickshire 22 5 42 11 37 10 West Mercia 56 21 49 16 50 20 West Midlands 1— 1— 247 33 243 44 West Yorkshire 258 15 163 7 169 7 Wiltshire 17 5 14 4 15 7
RTCs from immediate response/pursuit Those involving injury RTCs from immediate response/pursuit Those involving injury Avon and Somerset 210 42 209 1— Bedfordshire 113 17 98 12 Cambridgeshire 52 9 73 0 Cheshire 37 13 48 11 Cleveland 83 27 100 21 Cumbria 33 5 32 3 Derbyshire 91 6 79 9 Devon and Cornwall 85 7 91 12 Dorset 56 15 27 2 Durham 52 14 54 13 Dyfed-Powys 2 0 3 0 Essex 67 14 92 22 Gloucestershire 48 6 59 8 Greater Manchester 176 53 157 51 Gwent 49 9 38 5 Hampshire 94 15 104 10 Hertfordshire 140 25 141 38 Humberside 34 7 72 15 Kent 161 20 80 8 Lancashire 57 16 56 12 Leicestershire 82 11 82 16 Lincolnshire 37 14 43 6 London, City of 17 4 1 0 Merseyside 113 83 88 27 Metropolitan Police 1,894 284 2,030 335 Norfolk 34 10 56 10 Northamptonshire 41 13 47 11 Northumbria 188 60 131 43 North Wales 13 1 20 10 North Yorkshire 12 11 14 14 Nottinghamshire 58 13 55 9 South Wales 137 3 124 1 South Yorkshire 15 5 52 14 Staffordshire 68 6 74 17 Suffolk 14 5 38 10 Surrey 148 23 155 20 Sussex 77 36 6 11 Thames Valley 352 89 373 40 Warwickshire 42 8 44 8 West Mercia 57 18 53 15 West Midlands 236 21 221 12 West Yorkshire 123 24 197 52 Wiltshire 16 2 9 3
2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 Fatal injury Serious injury Other injury Fatal injury Serious injury Other injury Fatal injury Serious injury Other injury Avon and Somerset 2 7 53 2 6 74 0 9 52 Bedfordshire 0 2 16 1 1 56 1 1 27 Cambridgeshire 0 6 6 0 4 12 0 0 26 Cheshire 0 2 27 0 1 17 0 7 29 Cleveland 0 0 18 1 0 3 0 0 0 Cumbria 0 0 8 0 0 5 0 0 6 Derbyshire 0 0 38 0 1 25 1 0 35 Devon and Cornwall 0 1 26 1 1 64 0 0 18 Dorset 0 1 10 1 2 9 1— 1— 1— Durham 0 1 41 2 1 36 0 1 26 Dyfed-Powys 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Essex 0 2 32 2 3 36 1 3 35 Gloucestershire 0 0 24 0 0 4 0 0 12 Greater Manchester 4 5 74 6 9 56 4 2 106 Gwent 0 0 12 0 0 24 0 0 5 Hampshire 1 7 29 0 3 7 0 0 7 Hertfordshire 0 6 59 0 2 16 0 5 61 Humberside 0 4 19 0 1 25 0 0 18 Kent 0 2 48 0 7 73 0 2 23 Lancashire 0 1 31 0 2 30 1 0 19 Leicestershire 1 2 15 0 2 16 1— 1— 1— Lincolnshire 0 2 10 0 5 18 2 2 12 London, City of 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 Merseyside 3 3 62 3 6 75 0 3 58 Metropolitan Police 5 14 1— 4 21 600 4 23 724 Norfolk 1 1 17 1 1 28 0 6 26 Northamptonshire 0 1 14 1 6 19 0 4 22 Northumbria 0 3 62 0 3 70 3 13 94 North Wales 0 0 18 0 1 5 0 0 3 North Yorkshire 1— 1— 1— 0 2 13 0 2 7 Nottinghamshire 2 5 8 1 8 57 1 0 4 South Wales 0 0 20 0 0 9 0 0 0 South Yorkshire 0 3 24 0 12 67 2 10 83 Staffordshire 0 0 26 0 1 29 0 0 1 Suffolk 0 1 6 0 3 11 0 2 8 Surrey 0 2 40 1 2 33 0 1 31 Sussex 0 7 45 0 6 27 2 0 31 Thames Valley 3 13 115 2 11 122 0 6 71 Warwickshire 0 0 5 0 1 10 2 0 8 West Mercia 0 4 30 0 2 22 0 4 32 West Midlands 1 1 61 2 2 44 0 0 44 West Yorkshire 0 0 15 0 0 7 0 2 5 Wiltshire 0 0 8 0 0 4 0 0 11
Fatal injury Serious injury Other injury Fatal injury Serious injury Other injury Avon and Somerset 2 3 68 0 8 42 Bedfordshire 0 0 17 1 2 11 Cambridgeshire 0 0 10 0 0 0 Cheshire 0 5 30 0 2 18 Cleveland 0 0 0 0 1 8 Cumbria 2 0 3 0 0 3 Derbyshire 0 0 6 0 0 16 Devon and Cornwall 0 0 15 0 1 20 Dorset 1 1 17 0 1 7 Durham 0 2 13 0 1 21 Dyfed-Powys 0 0 0 0 0 0 Essex 1 4 17 0 0 22 Gloucestershire 0 0 6 1— 1— 1— Greater Manchester 1 3 91 6 6 64 Gwent 0 1 13 0 0 7 Hampshire 1 7 10 1 5 4 Hertfordshire 2 3 45 0 11 48 Humberside 0 0 12 1 0 19 Kent 1 1 18 0 0 12 Lancashire 0 0 28 0 2 32 Leicestershire 0 1 10 0 1 15 Lincolnshire 0 1 13 0 0 6 London, City of 0 1 6 0 0 0 Merseyside 3 3 136 1 4 88 Metropolitan Police 4 33 584 4 26 496 Norfolk 0 0 10 0 0 10 Northamptonshire 0 1 18 1 7 13 Northumbria 1 5 84 1 5 64 North Wales 0 0 1 0 0 24 North Yorkshire 0 2 10 0 11 16 Nottinghamshire 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— 1— South Wales 0 0 3 0 0 1 South Yorkshire 0 2 11 0 33 35 Staffordshire 1 0 5 0 0 17 Suffolk 1 1 4 0 0 16 Surrey 0 1 31 0 2 24 Sussex 5 0 23 0 0 43 Thames Valley 0 2 127 3 6 56 Warwickshire 0 0 8 0 0 8 West Mercia 0 2 26 0 1 23 West Midlands 0 0 31 0 0 12 West Yorkshire 0 0 24 0 0 52 Wiltshire 0 0 4 0 0 4 1 Data are not available.