request for Information on Non stop and uninsured collisions

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Dear West Midlands Police,

Freedom of Information request

Dear Sir / Madam,

I am conducting research on a national basis into uninsured / non-stop collisions and am surveying forces across the country to ascertain the scale of the issue.
I am aware of Stats 19 data but much of the below data is not available from DfT via stats 19 on a force by force basis hence the request in this format.
Can you please provide the following data relating to non-stop Road Traffic Collisions in your force area.

1) Number of RTC’s reported year by year in your force area for the period 2014 – 2019
2) Breakdown of those RTC’s into Fatal, Injury, Damage only year by year
3) Number of RTC’s classified as non-stop in your force area for the period 2014 – 2019 Broken down into Fatal Injury, Damage Only year by year
4) Number of RTC’s classified as non-stop where an offender was traced and subsequently prosecuted for offences of failing to stop, / failing to report a collision for the period 2014 – 2019 broken down to Fatal, Injury and Damage Only
5) Number of Fatal RTC’s where a vehicle failed to stop for the period 2014 – 2019 and total number of deceased from those fatal RTC’s
6) Number of non-stop fatal RTC’s 2014-2019 whereby no driver was ever prosecuted for FTS
7) Number of RTC’s where at least 1 driver / vehicle was shown as uninsured for period 2014 – 2019 and number prosecuted year by year
8) Number of Fatal RTC’s whereby at least 1 driver / vehicle was uninsured and total number of fatalities from these RTC’s for the period 2014 – 2019

Yours faithfully,

Paul Bennett

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Dear West Midlands Police,

Sorry to chase, but can i ask for a brief update on approximate date when this enquiry can be reviewed please.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Bennett

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Good Morning Mr Bennett

Thank you for your email. Please accept my apologies for the delay in responding to this request. I am still waiting to be supplied with some of the data. As soon as I receive it I will get a response to you.

Kind Regards

Andrea Mobberley
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dennis fallon left an annotation ()

Mr Bennett,I bet they refuse much of your request as too expensive to obtain data, they have a Micky Mouse Computer system.

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Dear Mr Bennett

 

FOI Request Reference: 13520/19

 

Thank you for your request for information, received 05/08/2019.  I
apologise for the delay in responding.

 

REQUEST

 

I am conducting research on a national basis into uninsured / non-stop
collisions and am surveying forces across the country to ascertain the
scale of the issue.

I am aware of Stats 19 data but much of the below data is not available
from DfT via stats 19 on a force by force basis hence the request in this
format.

Can you please provide the following data relating to non-stop Road
Traffic Collisions in your force area.

 

1)Number of RTC’s reported year by year in your force area for the period
2014 – 2019

 

2)Breakdown of those RTC’s into Fatal, Injury, Damage only year by year

 

3)Number of RTC’s classified as non-stop in your force area for the period
2014 – 2019 Broken down into Fatal Injury, Damage Only year by year

 

4)Number of RTC’s classified as non-stop where an offender was traced and
subsequently prosecuted for offences of failing to stop, / failing to
report a collision for the period 2014 – 2019 broken down to Fatal, Injury
and Damage Only

 

5)Number of Fatal RTC’s where a vehicle failed to stop for the period 2014
– 2019 and total number of deceased from those fatal RTC’s

 

6)Number of non-stop fatal RTC’s 2014-2019 whereby no driver was ever
prosecuted for FTS

 

7)Number of RTC’s where at least 1 driver / vehicle was shown as uninsured
for period 2014 – 2019 and number prosecuted year by year

 

8)Number of Fatal RTC’s whereby at least 1 driver / vehicle was uninsured
and total number of fatalities from these RTC’s for the period 2014 – 2019

 

RESPONSE

 

Our data are not organised in such a way as to allow us to provide this
information within the appropriate (cost) limit within the Freedom of
Information (FOI) Act (see ‘Reason for Decision’ below).

 

Although excess cost removes the force’s obligations under the Freedom of
Information Act, as a gesture of goodwill I have supplied information,
relative to your request, retrieved before it was realised that the fees
limit would be exceeded (see attached). I trust this is helpful, but it
does not affect our legal right to rely on the fees regulations for the
remainder of the request.

 

REASON FOR DECISION

 

Please note that researching each individual case would exceed the
appropriate limit (FOIA, s.12).  Please see attached document for further
explanation.

 

The cost of compliance with the whole of your request is above the amount
to which we are legally required to respond, i.e. the cost of locating and
retrieving the information would exceed the appropriate costs limit under
section 12(1) of the FOI Act 2000. For West Midlands Police, the
appropriate limit is set at £450, as prescribed by the Freedom of
Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations
2004, S.I. 3244.

 

Further information on section 12 of FOI is available here:

 

https://www.app.college.police.uk/app-co...

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

For further information and data on West Midlands Police see our
publication scheme and disclosure log

 

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RIGHT OF APPEAL

 

Your attention is drawn to your right to request a re-examination of your
case under West Midlands Police review procedure, which can be found at:

 

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Please note that such an appeal must be received within 40 working days of
the date of this correspondence. Any such request received after this time
will only be considered at the discretion of the FOI Unit.

 

If you require any further information, then please do not hesitate to
contact me.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

 

Andrea Mobberley

Freedom of Information

Corporate Communications | West Midlands Police
T: 101 (ext. 801 2068)
 

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