Fatal Car Collisions Over 70s
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/007870/H
Version Date: 09/04/2025
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
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Data Processing: |
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Force road traffic collision (RTC) recording system - Accsmap and CRASH |
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Qlikview Report: Road Traffic Collisions |
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Filtered by date: January 1st 2024 to March 18th 2025 |
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Data exported to Excel |
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Filtered on Vehicle Driver Age 70 and over |
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Removed duplicates on driver names to get the number of drivers over 70 (some drivers had 2 ages recorded, attached to the same name). |
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Duplicates then removed on the collision reference to get the number of collisions. |
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Collision Severity: Fatal |
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Data Limitations: |
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Data is reliant on the accurate recording of each vehicle driver's age. |
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I would like to know how many drivers aged 70 years and older have been involved in fatal car collisions in Devon and Cornwall in the calendar year 2024 and how many to date in 2025.
21 in 2024 and 5 to date in 2025.