Police: Motor Vehicles Mr. Watson To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police response vehicles were in road accidents while on operational duty in each of the last five years; how many injuries were sustained by (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers in such accidents; and if he will make a statement. Mr. McNulty The available data refer to all vehicles being used for a police purpose and to all police personnel, not separately to police officers and police community support officers. They cover the period from 2002-03. The information is given in the following tables. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Number of accidents| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-031 |18,644 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |20,511 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-052 |19,046 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-06 |19,280 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Data not available for Durham and West Midlands.2 Data not available for Cleveland, Leicestershire and South Wales.| | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |Fatal injury|Serious injury|Other injury| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2002-031 |2 |33 |568 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2003-04 |1 |38 |765 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2004-052 |0 |25 |781 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |2005-063 |3 |28 |828 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1 Data not available for Durham, Metropolitan police (other injury only), North Yorkshire and West Midlands.2 Data not available for Dorset and Leicestershire.3 Data not available for Nottinghamshire.| | | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------