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RTCs and Motorbikes
29th January 2025
Our Ref’s: FOI2025/00240, 00233 & 00239
Request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 Ref No’s: FOI2025/00240, 00233 & 00239
****PLEASE NOTE THIS RESPONSE IS A COLLABORATED RESPONSE FROM BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE, CAMBRIDGESHIRE & HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARIES****
I write in connection with your request for information received on 8th January. I note you seek access to the following information:
Specifically, I would like to request the following information as individual requests:
1. The total number of RTCs involving motorcycles in your police force area for the past five years.
2. The total number of motorcyclist fatalities resulting from RTCs in your police force area for the past five years.
3. The total number of RTCs for your police force area for the past five years.
4. The number of serious injuries sustained by motorcyclists in RTCs for your police force area for the past five years.
5. Any available data on the time of day, day of the week, and location (urban/rural) of these RTCs involving motorcycles.
I am required by the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (The Act) to handle all requests in a manner that is blind to the identity of the requestor. Any information released in response to a request is regarded as being published and therefore, in the public domain without caveat.
Response: Following searches conducted within the collaborated Cameras, Tickets & Collisions Unit of the three Force’s, please find the information you have requested in the attached PDF document. (*added below)
Attachments: BCH Annex A FOI2025-00240, 00233 & 00239 (*added below)
The numerical data presented in this response is an un-audited snapshot of un-published data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.
BCH Annex A FOI2025-00240, 00233 & 00239
***PLEASE NOTE***
Our current collision system, records details of road traffic collisions, involving human death or personal injury which occurred on the public highway which were reported to the Police within 30 days of occurrence, and in which one or more vehicles are involved, in accordance with Department for Transport STATS 20 instructions. For more details visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-accidentsand-safety-statistics-guidance.
DfT data on collisions is publicly accessible from https://roadtraffic.dft.gov.uk/custom-downloads/roadaccidents and https://www.crashmap.co.uk/. Verified data is also available from the Bedfordshire Councils. All data I provide is unvalidated and subject to change.
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The data covers the number of injury collisions between 1st January 2020 and 31st December 2024.
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BEDS |
CAMBS |
HERTS |
|
Q1 |
594 |
905 |
1163 |
|
Q2 |
11 Fatal Motorcyclist Drivers |
31 Fatal Motorcyclist Drivers |
23 Fatal Motorcyclist Drivers |
|
Q3 |
6008 |
7128 |
8635 |
|
Q4 |
268 |
376 |
371 |
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***PLEASE NOTE***
The BCH Collisions system does not breakdown locations by urban/rural, as this information is held by either the Department for Transport or the Local Authority. The tables on the following pages show the number of injury collisions involving a motorcycle by time of day and day of week.
Bedfordshire Police Data
|
Time of day |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
Total |
|
00:00-00:59 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
|
01:00-01:59 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
5 |
|
02:00-02:59 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
3 |
|
03:00-03:59 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
04:00-04:59 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
1 |
2 |
|
05:00-05:59 |
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
1 |
|
7 |
|
06:00-06:59 |
2 |
|
3 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
14 |
|
07:00-07:59 |
6 |
4 |
8 |
3 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
29 |
|
08:00-08:59 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
24 |
|
09:00-09:59 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
4 |
7 |
5 |
25 |
|
10:00-10:59 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
5 |
18 |
|
11:00-11:59 |
2 |
2 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
8 |
32 |
|
12:00-12:59 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
6 |
28 |
|
13:00-13:59 |
7 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
1 |
7 |
8 |
41 |
|
14:00-14:59 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
9 |
11 |
40 |
|
15:00-15:59 |
2 |
9 |
4 |
10 |
6 |
8 |
5 |
44 |
|
16:00-16:59 |
9 |
13 |
4 |
11 |
7 |
5 |
8 |
57 |
|
17:00-17:59 |
9 |
5 |
11 |
16 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
51 |
|
18:00-18:59 |
3 |
3 |
8 |
12 |
5 |
5 |
4 |
40 |
|
19:00-19:59 |
6 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
42 |
|
20:00-20:59 |
|
4 |
6 |
7 |
3 |
7 |
7 |
34 |
|
21:00-21:59 |
|
4 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
20 |
|
22:00-22:59 |
1 |
5 |
6 |
|
4 |
2 |
|
18 |
|
23:00-23:59 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
|
11 |
|
Total |
67 |
87 |
89 |
105 |
78 |
82 |
86 |
594 |
Cambridgeshire Constabulary Data
|
Time of day |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
Total |
|
00:00-00:59 |
|
1 |
2 |
|
2 |
2 |
|
7 |
|
01:00-01:59 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
5 |
|
02:00-02:59 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
03:00-03:59 |
1 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
3 |
|
04:00-04:59 |
|
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
|
3 |
|
05:00-05:59 |
|
|
2 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
6 |
|
06:00-06:59 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
|
07:00-07:59 |
8 |
2 |
14 |
13 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
43 |
|
08:00-08:59 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
8 |
3 |
|
1 |
35 |
|
09:00-09:59 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
26 |
|
10:00-10:59 |
2 |
5 |
7 |
3 |
2 |
6 |
8 |
33 |
|
11:00-11:59 |
2 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
13 |
8 |
47 |
|
12:00-12:59 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
11 |
9 |
15 |
9 |
67 |
|
13:00-13:59 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
8 |
3 |
16 |
10 |
60 |
|
14:00-14:59 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
12 |
17 |
11 |
8 |
60 |
|
15:00-15:59 |
9 |
8 |
7 |
7 |
13 |
5 |
10 |
59 |
|
16:00-16:59 |
11 |
9 |
19 |
18 |
20 |
10 |
6 |
93 |
|
17:00-17:59 |
13 |
17 |
16 |
17 |
14 |
12 |
14 |
103 |
|
18:00-18:59 |
8 |
10 |
9 |
13 |
10 |
9 |
11 |
70 |
|
19:00-19:59 |
5 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
57 |
|
20:00-20:59 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
9 |
7 |
7 |
2 |
40 |
|
21:00-21:59 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
2 |
28 |
|
22:00-22:59 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
5 |
1 |
22 |
|
23:00-23:59 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
21 |
|
Total |
108 |
111 |
143 |
157 |
151 |
133 |
102 |
905 |
Hertfordshire Constabulary Data
|
Time of day |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
Saturday |
Sunday |
Total |
|
00:00-00:59 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
2 |
5 |
|
01:00-01:59 |
|
|
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
4 |
|
02:00-02:59 |
|
1 |
|
1 |
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
03:00-03:59 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
2 |
5 |
|
04:00-04:59 |
2 |
|
|
|
1 |
1 |
|
4 |
|
05:00-05:59 |
1 |
1 |
|
2 |
1 |
|
1 |
6 |
|
06:00-06:59 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
21 |
|
07:00-07:59 |
7 |
10 |
12 |
10 |
6 |
2 |
|
47 |
|
08:00-08:59 |
13 |
18 |
16 |
6 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
65 |
|
09:00-09:59 |
9 |
4 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
9 |
4 |
44 |
|
10:00-10:59 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
8 |
8 |
7 |
8 |
41 |
|
11:00-11:59 |
14 |
7 |
6 |
11 |
8 |
12 |
17 |
75 |
|
12:00-12:59 |
4 |
10 |
12 |
9 |
14 |
15 |
10 |
74 |
|
13:00-13:59 |
9 |
11 |
12 |
10 |
15 |
22 |
18 |
97 |
|
14:00-14:59 |
10 |
3 |
8 |
11 |
5 |
18 |
13 |
68 |
|
15:00-15:59 |
17 |
15 |
8 |
13 |
15 |
16 |
11 |
95 |
|
16:00-16:59 |
19 |
12 |
10 |
18 |
20 |
14 |
11 |
104 |
|
17:00-17:59 |
13 |
22 |
13 |
29 |
22 |
4 |
13 |
116 |
|
18:00-18:59 |
11 |
11 |
22 |
17 |
20 |
12 |
5 |
98 |
|
19:00-19:59 |
4 |
12 |
18 |
10 |
14 |
11 |
7 |
76 |
|
20:00-20:59 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
4 |
10 |
9 |
3 |
40 |
|
21:00-21:59 |
4 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
8 |
7 |
2 |
40 |
|
22:00-22:59 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
1 |
4 |
5 |
24 |
|
23:00-23:59 |
|
|
3 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
10 |
|
Total |
148 |
156 |
175 |
183 |
191 |
173 |
137 |
1163 |