Collisions

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/7262

 Version Date: 02/12/2024

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data Source

Force road traffic collision (RTC) recording system - Accsmap and CRASH

Data Processing:

Qlikview Road Traffic Collisions Report

Filtered on Collision Date: 01/09/2023 - 30/09/2024

Caveats/Limitations        

Please note, that from 1st January 2008 -

Damage only Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) will not be recorded unless there is a clear and specified purpose for doing so, specifically:

• Section 170 RTA 1988 not complied with (fail to stop)
• Police vehicle involved
• Other emergency services vehicle responding to an incident are involved
• The collision is one that provides a realistic prospect of securing a conviction against one of the drivers (Threshold Test aspect of the Full Code Test for Crown Prosecutors')
• Single vehicle loss of control

Also note that from March 2010 -

Non-injury road traffic collisions will not be recorded or investigated unless one or more of the following conditions apply:

1. A driver has failed to comply fully with the statutory requirements of the Road Traffic Act, e.g. fail to stop; exchange details
2. Allegations have been made at the scene and/or the attending officer considers that there is sufficient corroborated evidence about the manner of driving to prove an offence.
3. An offence is apparent - i.e. the driver has been arrested for excess alcohol"

[Time frame - September 2023 - September 2024] The number of road collisions,

Total number of collisions = 8068

broken down by age of the driver,

Please Note: There may be multiple vehicles involved in a collision and therefore the number of drivers is much higher than the number of collisions

and location of the accident (country / region).

Location taken form the Collision area and Collision LPA fields