HC Deb 19 October 1992 vol 212 cc59-62W
Sir John Wheeler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out for each police force in England and Wales for each of the last 10 years, the number of persons killed or injured by police officers when driving motor vehicles; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Charles Wardle

The information which is available centrally relates to accidents where death or serious injury has arisen in the course of either police pursuits or responses to emergency calls. The information is available only from 1987 and the figures do not show the cause of the accident or the injury.

Information in respect of the Metropolitan police is as follows:

Year Fatal injury (Civilian) Fatal injury (Police) Serious injury (Civilian and Police)
1987 8 0 69
1988 8 0 103
1989 11 1 139
1990 6 1 124
1991 3 0 82

For the other police forces in England and Wales information for 1987 is not available by force, but it is as follows:

Fatal injury (Civilian) Fatal injury (Police) Serious injury (Civilian) Serious injury (Police)
16 8 152 141

For those other forces, the information for 1988 to 1991 is set out in the table:

Police vehicle accidents —fatal injury (police)
Force name 1988 1989 1990 1991
Avon and Somerset 0 0 0 0
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0
Cheshire 0 0 0 0
City of London 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 0 0 0 0
Cumbria 0 0 0 0
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0
Devon and Cornwall 0 0 0 1
Dorset 0 0 0 0
Durham 0 0 0 0
Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 0
Essex 0 0 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0
Greater Manchester 0 0 0 0
Gwent 0 0 0 0
Hampshire 0 0 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0
Humberside 0 0 0 0
Kent 0 0 0 0
Lancashire 0 0 0 0
Leicestershire 0 0 0 0
Lincolnshire 0 0 0 0
Merseyside 0 0 0 0
Norfolk 0 0 0 0
North Wales 0 0 0 0
North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0
Northumbria 0 0 0 0
Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 0
South Wales 0 0 0 0
South Yorkshire 0 0 0 0
Staffordshire 0 0 0 0
Suffolk 0 0 0 0
Surrey 0 0 0 0
Sussex 0 0 0 0
Thames Valley 0 0 0 0
Warwickshire 0 0 0 0
West Mercia 0 0 0 0
West Midlands 0 1 0 0
West Yorkshire 0 0 0 1
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0

Force name 1988 1989 1990 1991
National summary 0 1 0 2

Police vehicle accidents—serious injury (police)
Force name 1988 1989 1990 1991
Avon and Somerset 1 2 2 3
Bedfordshire 0 6 2 4
Cambridgeshire 2 0 2 0
Cheshire 2 0 2 1
City of London 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 0 1 0 0
Cumbria 5 0 2 0
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0
Devon and Cornwall 2 0 0 0
Dorset 0 1 1 1
Durham 1 1 0 2
Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 0
Essex 3 2 14 0
Gloucestershire 0 2 2 0
Greater Manchester 5 6 5 1
Gwent 0 0 0 0
Hampshire 2 2 0 2
Hertfordshire 2 1 1 3
Humberside 2 2 1 0
Kent 3 2 2 4
Lancashire 2 0 0 0
Leicestershire 0 0 0 1
Lincolnshire 2 2 1 2
Merseyside 10 12 2 3
Norfolk 0 3 0 0
North Wales 1 5 0 0
North Yorkshire 6 1 5 3
Northamptonshire 0 0 2 0
Northumbria 5 2 0 3
Nottinghamshire 2 4 0 2
South Wales 0 0 0 5
South Yorkshire 4 6 5 4
Staffordshire 3 2 0 0
Suffolk 0 0 0 0
Surrey 2 1 2 2
Sussex 0 0 2 2
Thames Valley 0 0 6 1
Warwickshire 0 0 0 1
West Mercia 0 3 3 0
West Midlands 3 20 19 N/A
West Yorkshire 0 0 1 1
Wiltshire 2 0 0 0
National summary 72 89 84 51

Police vehicle accidents—fatal injury (civilian)
Force name 1988 1989 1990 1991
Avon and Somerset 2 1 1 1
Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0
Cambridgeshire 0 1 I 4
Cheshire 0 0 1 0
City of London 0 0 0 0
Cleveland 0 2 0 0
Cumbria 0 0 1 0
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0
Devon and Cornwall 0 0 0 0
Dorset 0 2 1 0
Durham 0 0 0 1
Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 0
Essex 2 0 0 0
Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0
Greater Manchester 3 10 2 3
Gwent 0 0 0 0
Hampshire 0 0 0 0
Hertfordshire 0 0 0 0
Humberside 0 0 0 0
Kent 2 0 1 1
Lancashire 0 1 0 4
Leicestershire 0 0 0 0
Lincolnshire 0 1 0 0

Force name 1988 1989 1990 1991
Merseyside 1 1 1 4
Norfolk 0 0 0 0
North Wales 1 0 1 0
North Yorkshire 0 2 2 0
Northamptonshire 0 0 0 1
Northumbria 0 0 1 3
Nottinghamshire 1 0 0 0
South Wales 1 0 1 0
South Yorkshire 0 0 2 1
Staffordshire 0 0 0 0
Suffolk 0 0 0 0
Surrey 0 0 0 0
Sussex 0 0 0 0
Thames Valley 0 0 1 1
Warwickshire 0 0 0 1
West Mercia 0 0 0 1
West Midlands 1 3 0 1
West Yorkshire 0 1 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0
National summary 14 25 17 27

Police vehicle accidents—serious injury (civilian)
Force name 1988 1989 1990 1991
Avon and Somerset 5 2 6 5
Bedfordshire 1 7 0 2
Cambridgeshire 1 1 1 0
Cheshire 0 0 6 5
City of London 1 2 0 0
Cleveland 1 0 2 3
Cumbria 3 3 9 2
Derbyshire 0 0 0 0
Devon and Cornwall 1 5 5 0
Dorset 2 1 1 4
Durham 0 3 1 2
Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 0
Essex 3 4 5 1
Gloucestershire 1 1 0 1
Greater Manchester 20 8 14 15
Gwent 0 0 0 0
Hampshire 1 1 3 7
Hertfordshire 0 0 1 5
Humberside 0 0 1 1
Kent 3 3 3 2
Lancashire 3 2 0 7
Leicestershire 0 1 0 0
Lincolnshire 0 0 0 2
Merseyside 31 24 19 26
Norfolk 0 0 0 0
North Wales 3 4 2 1
North Yorkshire 9 8 5 4
Northamptonshire 5 1 3 2
Northumbria 0 2 3 4
Nottinghamshire 1 2 0 3
South Wales 0 0 0 0
South Yorkshire 4 6 6 9
Staffordshire 3 2 3 0
Suffolk 0 0 0 0
Surrey 0 3 0 2
Sussex 0 0 2 5
Thames Valley 0 2 7 6
Warwickshire 0 0 0 1
West Mercia 0 1 1 3
West Midlands 4 14 0 n/a
West Yorkshire 1 0 0 0
Wiltshire 0 0 0 0
National summary 107 113 109 130

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