§ Mr. SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police car chases have resulted in(a) death and (b) injury in each of the last five years; [20192]
(2) how many deaths as a result of police car chases have involved (a) bystanders, (b) police officers and (c) those being pursued in each of the last five years; [20191]
(3) how many deaths there have been involving police car chases in each police authority area in each of the last five years. [20186]
§ Mr. MacleanInformation in the precise form requested is not available centrally, but the available information is given for the years 1991–93 in the first table. The figures from 1994 to 31 March 1995 are given in the second table. In both cases, the information relates to incidents where death or serious injury has arisen in the course of either police pursuits or responses to emergency calls in England and Wales.
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Table 1: 1991–1993 Fatal or serious injuries arising in the course of Police immediate responses or pursuits Force name Police fatal injury Police serious injury Civilian fatal injury Civilian serious injury 1991 1992 1993 1991 1992 1993 1991 1992 1993 1991 1992 1993 Nottinghamshire 0 0 0 2 1 3 0 0 0 3 3 0 South Yorkshire 0 0 0 4 1 6 1 1 0 9 10 4 Staffordshire 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 Suffolk 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 Surrey 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 Sussex 0 0 0 2 2 3 0 0 1 5 5 6 Thames Valley 0 0 0 1 3 2 1 1 1 6 5 11 Warwickshire 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 West Mercia 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 West Midlands 0 0 1 9 5 0 1 3 2 0 1 1 West Yorkshire 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 Dyfed-Powys 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 Gwent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 North Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 South Wales 0 0 0 5 7 3 0 1 1 0 12 2 Metropolitan Police 0 1 2 41 56 51 3 7 10 40 59 45 Total 2 2 5 101 112 113 30 28 29 170 188 187 634W
Table 2: 1994 and up to 31 March 1995 Force name Police fatal injury Police serious injury Civilian fatal injury Civilian serious injury Avon and Somerset 0 1 0 1 Bedfordshire 0 0 0 0 Cambridgeshire 0 0 0 0 Cheshire 0 1 0 0 City of London 0 0 0 1 Cleveland 0 0 0 3 Cumbria 0 0 1 1 Derbyshire 0 0 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 0 0 0 1 Dorset 0 2 0 2 Durham 0 0 0 1 Dyfed Powys 0 0 0 1 Essex 0 0 0 0 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 Greater Manchester 0 2 0 4 Gwent 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 0 0 0 0 Hertfordshire 0 3 0 0 Humberside 0 0 0 2 Kent 0 0 0 0 Lancashire 0 0 0 2 Leicestershire 0 1 0 1 Lincolnshire 0 1 0 0 Merseyside 0 6 1 4 Metropolitan Police 2 22 11 22 Norfolk 0 1 1 1 North Wales 0 0 0 0 North Yorkshire 0 1 0 1 Northamptonshire 0 0 0 0 Northumbria 0 0 0 0 Nottinghamshire 0 1 2 3 South Wales 0 0 0 0 South Yorkshire 0 0 0 1 Staffordshire 0 0 1 1 Suffolk 0 0 0 0 Surrey 0 2 0 1 Sussex 0 4 0 0 Thames Valley 0 3 0 0 Warwickshire 0 1 0 1 West Mercia 0 0 0 0 West Midlands 0 1 1 1 West Yorkshire 0 0 1 0 Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 Total 2 53 19 56