Lord Berkeleyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 15 March 2004 (WA 13–15) on road accidents involving police vehicles, whether they will provide the same information for the year 2003–04 [HL962]
§ Baroness Scotland of AsthalThe number of police and civilian fatalities and serious injuries arising from police responses to immediate/emergency calls and pursuits in 2003–04 is given in the table. Details on the number of fatalities and injuries involving police vehicles engaged in activities other than immediate/ emergency response or pursuit are not available centrally.
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Police and Civilian Fatalities and Serious Injuries Arising from Police Responses to Immediate/Emergency, Responses and Pursuits, 2003–04 Number of persons Police personnel Civilians police force area Fatal Serious injury Fatal Serious injury Avon & Somerset 0 4 2 2 Bedfordshire 0 0 1 1 Cambridgeshire 0 2 0 2 Cheshire 0 0 0 1 Cleveland 0 0 1 0 Cumbria 0 0 0 0 Derbyshire 0 0 0 1 Devon & Cornwall 0 1 1 0 Dorset 0 0 1 2 Durham 0 0 2 1 Dyfed-Powys 0 0 0 0 Essex 0 1 2 2 Gloucestershire 0 0 0 0 Greater Manchester 0 6 6 3 Gwent 0 0 0 0 Hampshire 0 1 0 2 Hertfordshire 0 1 0 1 Humberside 0 0 0 1 Kent 0 5 0 2 Lancashire 0 0 0 2 Leicestershire 0 1 0 1 Lincolnshire 0 1 0 4 London, City of 0 0 0 1 Merseyside 0 2 3 4 Metropolitan Police 0 2 4 19 Norfolk 0 0 1 1 North Wales 0 0 0 1 North Yorkshire 0 0 0 0
Police and Civilian Fatalities and Serious Injuries Arising from Police Responses to Immediate/Emergency Responses and Pursuits, 2003–04 Number of persons Police personnel Civilians Police force area Fatal Serious injury Fatal Serious injury Northamptonshire 0 2 1 4 Northumbria 0 1 0 2 Nottinghamshire 0 4 1 4 South Wales 0 0 0 0 South Yorkshire 0 0 0 12 Staffordshire 0 0 0 1 Suffolk 0 0 0 3 Surrey 1 0 0 2 Sussex 0 3 0 3 Thames Valley 0 0 2 11 Warwickshire 0 0 0 1 West Mercia 0 1 0 1 West Midlands 0 0 2 2 West Yorkshire 0 0 0 0 Wiltshire 0 0 0 0 Total 1 38 30 100