§ Mr. Andrew F. Bennettasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of South Yorkshire as to how many car accidents there have been in South Yorkshire police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(2) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Hampshireshire as to how many car accidents there have been in Hampshire police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(3) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Devon and Cornwall as to how many car accidents there have been in Devon and Cornwall police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(4) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Kent as to how many car accidents there have been in Kent police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(5) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Merseyside as to how many car accidents there have been in Merseyside police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(6) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Greater Manchester as to how many car accidents there have been in Greater Manchester police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(7) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of West Yorkshire as to how many car accidents there have been in West Yorkshire police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(8) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Humberside as to how many car accidents there have been in Humberside police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(9) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Nottinghamshire as to how may car accidents there have been in Nottinghamshire police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) 667W injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(10) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Cheshire as to how many car accidents there have been in Cheshire police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury; as to the total number of people who have died as a result and as to how many of these accidents occurred in the course of police pursuit;
(11) if he will call for a report from the chief constable of Lancashire as to how many car accidents there have been in the Lancashire police area involving police vehicles in the last five years resulting in (a) death and (b) injury;
Number of fatal accidents Number of people killed (including police officers) Number of accidents involving serious injury Number of accidents (fatal and serious) involving pursuits Hampshire 0 0 167 n/a Merseyside 4 6 10 1 Cheshire 1 1 4 1 Lancashire 2 2 16 4 South Yorkshire 1 1 5 1 Humberside 0 0 9 0 West Yorkshire 1 1 17 3 Nottinghamshire 0 0 10 n/a Greater Manchester police2 1 1 6 n/a 1Includes all accidents in which injury was involved, however slight. 2Figures from 1 August 1986 to 31 December 1986. n.a. = not available.