Road Traffic Collisions at Church Bends since 2020

Summary

The Parish of Malew and Santan requested detailed statistics on road traffic collisions at Church Bends since 2020, but the Department of Home Affairs stated it does not hold the specific data required to fulfill the request.

Key Facts

• The Department of Home Affairs refused the request under Section 11(3)a of the Act because the information is not held.
• The Isle of Man Constabulary is a separate entity, and police records must be requested directly from them.
• The Communications Division searched the CAD system but could only define incidents by road rather than by individual bend.
• The CAD search recorded 1 collision in 2020 and 4 collisions in 2024 for the relevant road.
• The request was received on 2025-07-08 and the outcome was issued on 2025-07-25.

Data Disclosed

• 1 Road traffic collision in 2020
• 4 in 2024
• 2025-07-08
• 2025-07-25
• 4777897

Exemptions Cited

• Section 11(3)a of the Act (practical refusal reason: information not held or cannot be found after reasonable steps)

Original Request

The Parish of Malew and Santan is requesting the following information. Please provide the number of Road Traffic Collisions at Church Bends, Malew since 2020, per year, categorised by no damage, damage-only - specifying vehicle or church / graveyard wall, slight-injury, serious-injury, fatal. Sources of Information to include DHA Communications Division, DHA Road Safety Department and Police records.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Freedom of Information Coordinator DHA Headquarters Tromode Road, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM2 5AP

Telephone: (01624) 687017 Web address: www.gov.im/dha
Email: DPO-DHA@dha.gov.im

Our ref: 4777897 25 July 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 8 July 2025, which states:

"The Parish of Malew and Santan is requesting the following information. Please provide the number of Road Traffic Collisions at Church Bends, Malew since 2020, per year, categorised by no damage, damage-only - specifying vehicle or church / graveyard wall, slight-injury, serious-injury, fatal. Sources of Information to include DHA Communications Division, DHA Road Safety Department and Police records."

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the Department of Home Affairs (the Department) is unable to provide the information that you have requested. This is in line with Section 11(3)a of the Act, as a practical refusal reason applies; namely we do not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested.

The Department is comprised of six-service areas;

The Corporate Services (Chief Officer's) Office Emergency Planning Unit Isle of Man Fire & Rescue Service Isle of Man Prison & Probation Service Communications Division Office of Cyber-Security & Information Assurance

The Isle of Man Constabulary is a separate entity within the department.
This means that any information held by the Constabulary is separated to the rest of the DHA and so an FOI request would need to go to them directly for any information they hold.

As further advice and assistance, the Communications Division did search the system used to record incidents (CAD) however this could only be defined by road rather than an individual bend. This recorded 1 Road traffic collision in 2020 and 4 in 2024. We advise that you may wish to redirect your request to the Isle of Man Constabulary as the police registry may also provide information of any walk in reports which CAD would not record.

Please quote the reference number 4777897 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.