Road traffic collisions involving Isle of Man Constabulary vehicles

Summary

The request sought the number of road traffic collisions involving Isle of Man Constabulary vehicles over the last five years, broken down by month. The authority disclosed the complete dataset covering January 2015 to December 2019, totaling 32 incidents.

Key Facts

• The data covers the period from January 2015 to December 2019.
• A total of 32 road traffic accidents involving police vehicles were recorded in this period.
• Data was sourced from Police event data (iNet) and the RTC database.
• The highest number of incidents occurred in 2018 with 9 accidents.
• The lowest number of incidents occurred in 2017 with 3 accidents.

Data Disclosed

• 32
• 2015
• 2016
• 2017
• 2018
• 2019
• 6
• 9
• 8
• 3
• 207
• 1127725
• 2020-01-09
• 2020-01-15

Original Request

I am writing to you to request the following information from the Isle of Man Constabulary: The number of road traffic collisions involving Isle of Man Constabulary vehicles over the last five calendar years, broken down by month.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Isle of Man Constabulary Freedom of Information Department of Home Affairs Headquarters Tromode Road, Douglas Isle of Man, IM2 5PA Tel: +44(0)1624631394

Our ref: 1127725 15 January 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 9 January 2020 and which states: "I am writing to you to request the following information from the Isle of Man Constabulary: The number of road traffic collisions involving Isle of Man Constabulary vehicles over the last five calendar years, broken down by month."

Our response to your request is as follows: I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. Police event data (iNet) was searched for events closed as Police Road Traffic Accidents (closure code 207) between start of January 2015 to end of December 2019. Additional collisions not captured directly from Police event data were added from RTC database where ‘PVA’ or ‘Police Vehicle’ had been relevantly included in Incident Summary. Broken down by month and year:

Police Road Traffic Accidents 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 Grand Total Jan

1 1 2 Feb

1

1 Mar 1 1

1

3 Apr

1

1 May 2

2 1 5 Jun

1

1 Jul

1 1

2 Aug

1

1 1 3 Sep

2

1 3 Oct 1

2 3 Nov 1

1

2 Dec 1

1 2 2 6 Grand Total 6 6 3 9 8 32

Please quote the reference number 1127725 in any future communications.

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Yours sincerely