§ Ms OsborneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were(a) killed and (b) injured in each of the last five years in accidents involving police vehicles while answering emergency calls. [119206]
§ Mr. Charles ClarkeFigures dealing with responses to emergency calls are not available centrally as statistics collate them together with accidents arising from pursuits. Information has been provided by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, to whom forces submit statistical returns.
Police vehicle accidents arising from responses to emergency calls and pursuits: England and Wales Year Injuries Fatalities 1994–95 1,8301 211 1995–96 2,1691 211 1996–97 1,9302 152 1997–98 2,123 15 1998–99 1,8632 112 1 Figures from three forces missing from the total 2 Figures from one force missing from the total