§ Mr. BeithTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many road traffic accidents involving police patrol vehicles were reported in each police force area in England and Wales for the years 1994 and 1995; and how many(a) police officers and (b) civilians sustained serious or fatal injuries in such accidents. [37105]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation for the years 1994 and 1995 in the precise form requested is not available centrally. Some information is available, however, for the financial year 1994–95 and is set out in the table. The figures for deaths and serious injuries relate to the incidents which are recorded in the second column, which arose in the course of either police pursuits or responses to emergency calls in England and Wales.
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1994–95 Forces Total police vehicle accidents Total police accidents arising from pursuits and emergency calls Police fatal injury Police serious injury Civilian fatal injury Civilian serious injury Lancashire 404 72 0 0 0 2 Leicestershire 274 71 0 1 0 1 Lincolnshire 72 28 0 1 0 0 Merseyside 520 225 0 6 1 4 Metropolitan Police 4,321 1,995 2 22 11 22 Norfolk 194 46 0 1 1 1 North Wales 93 36 0 0 0 0 North Yorkshire 173 68 0 1 0 1 Northamptonshire 173 71 0 0 0 0 Northumbria 1,011 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Nottinghamshire 304 161 0 1 2 3 South Wales 398 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a South Yorkshire 285 150 0 0 0 1 Staffordshire 415 72 0 0 1 1 Suffolk 143 31 0 0 0 0 Surrey 226 122 0 2 0 1 Sussex 328 41 0 4 0 0 Thames Valley 813 327 0 3 0 0 Warwickshire 97 33 0 1 0 1 West Mercia 328 93 0 0 0 0 West Midlands 1,052 258 0 1 1 1 West Yorkshire 515 49 0 0 1 0 Wiltshire 73 27 0 0 0 0 England and Wales Total 17,948 5,388 2 53 19 56