Number of road traffic collisions at a junction involving an ambulances and repair/insurance cost implications

Dear West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust,

I am working on an initiative by instruction from Andy Street (West Midlands Mayor) for which I would like to make a freedom of information request for the following information:

1. How many road traffic collisions involving an ambulance happen across the U.K on a daily basis. The key information I require is, how many collisions take place at a junction with and without traffic lights and traffic light controlled roundabouts. Statistically, the top 15 based on highest volume first would be greatly appreciated along with geographic locations.

2. I would like to request as much information as possible regarding repair and insurance cost implications as an average. I understand ambulance repair costs must meet an insurance excess of £25,000, could you please confirm this along with how many claims exceed the excess.

Yours faithfully,

Sohan Singh

:Freedom Of Information Mailbox, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

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Good afternoon

 

Thank you for your request below. Unfortunately we are unable to provide
the information you have requested. All our reportable road traffic
incidents involving our vehicles are reported to our insurance company who
hold the data. The data we receive from the insurance company does not
drill down enough to conclude if the incidents happened at traffic light
or non traffic light roundabouts, we would have to manually search this
information in each incident reported for this, which we believe would
take us beyond the appropriate limit set out in section 12 of the Freedom
of Information Act.

 

We are sorry we are unable to assist on this occasion.

 

Kind Regards

 

Lynsey Kumari

Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer

West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

Millennium Point, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, Dudley, DY5 1LX

 

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From: Sohan Singh <[FOI #600226 email]>
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Subject: Freedom of Information request - Number of road traffic
collisions at a junction involving an ambulances and repair/insurance cost
implications

 

[2]Dear West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust, I
am working on an initiative by instruction from

Dear West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust,

 

I am working on an initiative by instruction from Andy Street (West Midlands Mayor) for which I would like to make a freedom of information request for the following information:

 

1. How many road traffic collisions involving an ambulance happen across the U.K on a daily basis. The key information I require is, how many collisions take place at a junction with and without traffic lights and traffic light controlled roundabouts. Statistically, the top 15 based on highest volume first would be greatly appreciated along with geographic locations.

 

2. I would like to request as much information as possible regarding repair and insurance cost implications as an average. I understand ambulance repair costs must meet an insurance excess of £25,000, could you please confirm this along with how many claims exceed the excess.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Sohan Singh

 

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