Police: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many accidents resulting in serious injuries or death involving members of the public and officers of (a) Wiltshire police and (b) the Metropolitan police in the course of their duties there were in each of the last 10 years. (264867)

Figures collected by the Home Office show numbers of road traffic collisions involving police vehicles resulting from immediate/emergency response and police pursuits since 2002-03. They are shown in the following table.

*Road traffic collisions involving police vehicles in emergency/persuit involving injury by degree of injury and public/police personnel*¹
	Injury to
	Members of public	Police personnel
Financial year^{2, 3}	Fatal injury	Serious injury	Fatal injury	Serious injury
2002-03
Severity of injury	4	13	1	1
Metropolitan police	4	13	1	1
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0

2003-04
Severity of injury	4	19	0	2
Metropolitan police	4	19	0	2
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0

2004-05
Severity of injury	4	20	0	3
Metropolitan police	4	20	0	3
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0

2005-06
Severity of injury	4	24	0	9
Metropolitan police	4	24	0	9
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0

2006-07
Severity of injury	4	18	0	8
Metropolitan police	4	18	0	8
Wiltshire	0	0	0	0

2007-08
Severity of injury	4	23	0	5
Metropolitan police	4	23	0	5
Wiltshire	0	1	0	2
¹ Data are unverified and therefore provided on a provisional basis only. ² Financial year runs from 1 April to 31 March in each of the given years. ³ Data collected on behalf of HMIC since 2002-03.

Volume 490: debated on Friday 27 March 2009