Dear Sir or Madam,

REQUEST: To enable comparison with the Home Office homicide time-series (see below), would you please provide the number of fatal collisions dealt with by your Roads Policing department, and/or the number of persons who died on the roads in your policing area, for each of the years 2002/03 to 2006/07.

BACKGROUND: I noticed on your website, you stated that

‘[In] the past year (1 April 2007 to 31 March 2008) [...]
The Roads Policing department dealt with 107 fatal [...]
collisions [...].’ About Thames Valley Police.
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/news_i...

‘Malcolm Collis, Safety Manager in Thames Valley Police
Roads Policing Department, said: “On average 150 people die
on the roads in Thames Valley every year. That’s 150
grieving families. Many of the deaths could have been
avoided if drivers had not been speeding.”’ Road Safety
Education Schemes.
http://www.thamesvalley.police.uk/roads/...

I noticed on the Home Office’s website that

David Povey (Ed.), Kathryn Coleman, Peter Kaiza, Jacqueline
Hoare and Krista Jansson. Home Office Statistical Bulletin:
Homicide, Firearm Offences and Intimate Violence 2006/2007.
3rd edition. (Supplementary Volume 2 to Crime in England and
Wales 2006/07), page 34: ‘Currently recorded homicides by
region and police force area: England and Wales, 2002/03 to
2006/07: Total number of offences
Police force area 2002/03 2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07
Thames Valley Police 23 20 25 21 20’
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs08/...
(2008-01-31)

I would like to be able to compare with this time-series.

Thank you very much.

Sincerely,

Dr Kaihsu Tai

Dear Dr Tai

Reference No: RFI2008000405

Thank you for your request for information dated 22/07/2008 concerning
number of fatal collisions for years 2002/03 to 2006/07.

This is to inform you that I cannot identify any specific records /
documents that will satisfy your request based on the details you have
provided. However the information you request is held by Thames Valley
Safer Roads Partnership.

The Contact Details for this organisation are:

Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership
PO Box 142
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX17 1UZ

Web: www.saferroads.org

Email - [email address]

Please contact them directly or if you would like me to forward your
original request please confirm this instruction in writing and I will
send it on your behalf.

Yours sincerely,

Lynda Boodell
Freedom of Information

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Dear Lynda,

Thank you for your response. I would appreciate if you could please forward my Freedom of Information request to the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership by email. Again, many thanks.

Sincerely,

Dr Kaihsu Tai

Dear Dr Tai

We have not transferred your request to the Safer Roads Partnership for
the following reason:

On researching this matter with the Safer Roads Partnership the
information requested is exempt by virtue of Section 21 of the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 because the information is accessible to the
public by other means.

To assist you in this matter I have provided below a link to the Thames
Valley Safer Roads Partnership web page where this information can be
obtained.

http://www.saferroads.org/media/pdfs/rep...

Trusting this meets with your approval.

Lynda Boodell

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Dear Lynda,

Thank you for your help and research. I have now received all the information I needed.

Sincerely,

Kaihsu Tai