Vehicle damage in incidents

Summary

The requester asked for the number of Department of Infrastructure operational vehicles damaged in 2018 requiring external repairs or insurance claims. The authority disclosed that 20 accidents were reported, with 8 requiring external body shop repairs.

Key Facts

• The request covered vans, lorries, and cars used for operational work, excluding buses and specialist vehicles.
• Only incidents requiring outsourced repairs or insurance claims were included, excluding minor in-house fixes.
• A total of 20 accidents involving these vehicles were reported since January 1, 2018.
• Eight of the reported accidents required external body shop repairs.
• The remaining incidents were minor, such as damaged wing mirrors, and were resolved in-house.

Data Disclosed

• 20 accidents
• 8 external body shop repairs
• 1st January 2018
• 30 July 2018
• 2 August 2018
• 552335

Original Request

Can you please provide the following information and details please:- How many vehicles used by the Department of Infrastructure have been damaged resulting in repairs having to made or an insurance claim being made in 2018? You clarified the following: Not buses - only vans, lorries and cars used by the DOI in their operational work (not specialist vehicles such as cherry pickers, cranes etc). Anything where the department has to outsource for repair, or have done under an Insurance claim, so small scratch repairs etc done in house, don't need to be included.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Co-ordinator Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: foi.doi@gov.im

Our ref: 552335 2 August 2018

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 30 July 2018 and which states:

"Can you please provide the following information and details please:- How many vehicles used by the Department of Infrastructure have been damaged resulting in repairs having to made or an insurance claim being made in 2018? You clarified the following: Not buses - only vans, lorries and cars used by the DOI in their operational work (not specialist vehicles such as cherry pickers, cranes etc). Anything where the department has to outsource for repair, or have done under an Insurance claim, so small scratch repairs etc done in house, don't need to be included."

Our response to your request is as follows: Since 1st January 2018 twenty accidents have been reported, eight of which required external body shop repairs. The others were minor incidents such as a damaged wing mirror etc which were resolved in-house.

Please quote the reference number 552335 in any future communications.

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