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Written question asked by Keith Vaz (Labour) on Tuesday, 4 December 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 5 December 2018. It was answered by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 December 2018 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Emergency Services: Vehicles

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have died as a result of vehicle pursuits by ambulance and police services in (a) 2017 and (b) in each month since January 2018.

Answer

There were 5 fatalities in accidents where the contributory factor ‘emergency vehicle on a call’ was reported in Great Britain in 2017.

The Department collects data on personal injury road accidents reported to the police, including contributory factors which the police select when they attend the scene. This does not assign blame for the accident but gives an indication of factors the attending officer thought contributed to the accident.

Not all accidents are included in the contributory factor data; only accidents where the police attended the scene and reported at least one contributory factor are included. A total of 72 per cent of accidents reported to the police in 2017 in Great Britain met these criteria.

Published table RAS50007 provides information on casualties in reported road accidents by contributory factor and severity in Great Britain: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743101/ras50007.ods.

Figures for 2018 will be published in 2019.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
198179
Session
2017-19
Transferred
Yes
Subjects
Death Ambulance services Vehicles Police pursuits
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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