Pedestrian and cyclist accidents

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Bex Friis-Jansen

Hello,

I am contacting you with regards to a Freedom of Information request that I’m hoping you can help me with.

I would appreciate your help in supplying me with the following statistics, relating to your police force’s attendance to the following types of incidents;

1. Figures for pedestrians hit by cyclists 2018
2. Figures for cyclists hit by cars 2018

I would appreciate this data in Excel or similar table format, if possible.

Yours faithfully,

Bex Friis-Jansen

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Northumbria Police

Please clarify if you are seeking 'reports of' or actual 'police attendance..' as these are two different things
Once this is clear we can progress accordingly

regards

FOI team

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'We will do this through protecting the Vulnerable, delivering quality Investigations and applying Problem solving to everything we do to protect the communities we serve.'

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Bex Friis-Jansen

Dear Freedom of Information Mailbox,

I'm writing to follow up on the above request, which has been delayed beyond the time that I should have received a prompt response from you. Could you please let me know when you intend to respond?

Thank you in advance for your help,

Bex Friis-Jansen

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Northumbria Police

Bex
On the 18/04/19 at 8:38 we sought clarity on your submission.
As yet we have received no response to allow us to progress.

Regards
FOI team

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Bex Friis-Jansen

Hi there,

Please accept my apologies, I missed your previous email. I'd like numbers for "reports of", please.

Thanks in advance for your help,

Bex Friis-Jansen

Freedom of Information Mailbox, Northumbria Police

Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA)

 

Thank you for your email received today in which you clarified a request
for information that Northumbria Police may hold in accordance with the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

We are in the process of dealing with your request and a response should
be provided to you by 13 August 2019 which is in accordance with the
legislation.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Information Management Unit

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Provision of information held by Northumbria Police made under the Freedom
of Information Act 2000 (the 'Act')

 

Thank you for your email dated 16 July 2019 in which you made a request
for access to certain information which may be held by Northumbria Police.

 

As you may be aware the purpose of the Act is to allow a general right of
access to information held at the time of a request, by a Public Authority
(including the Police), subject to certain limitations and exemptions.

 

You asked:

 

I would appreciate your help in supplying me with the following
statistics;

 

1.     The number of reports of pedestrians hit by cyclists 2018.

 

2.     The number of reports of cyclists hit by cars 2018.

 

We have now had the opportunity to fully consider your request and I
provide a response for your attention.

 

Information Commissioners Office (ICO) guidelines state that:

A public authority must confirm or deny whether it holds the information
requested unless the cost of this alone would exceed the appropriate
limit.

I can neither confirm nor deny that the information you require is held by
Northumbria Police as to actually determine if it is held would exceed the
permitted 18 hours therefore Section 12(2) of the Freedom of Information
Act would apply. This section does not oblige a public authority to comply
with a request for information if the authority estimated that the cost of
complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit of 18 hours,
equating to £450.00

You should consider this to be a refusal notice under Section 17 of the
Act for your request.

I have set out the reasons for this below.

Searches were made for all incidents in 2018 where the first three lines
on an incident description included the word ‘cyclist’ or ‘cyclists’. 
(only the first 3 lines of an incident are searchable) This search
returned 578 results, each of which would need manual review to establish
which, if any, related to specifics of this request.  Even at a
conservative estimate of 3 minutes per record, which we have considered as
reasonable,  to establish what, if any information is held regarding this
request, would far exceed the permitted 18 hours therefore Section 12 is
appropriate.

 

 

Due to the different methods of recording information across 43 forces, a
specific response from one constabulary should not be seen as an
indication of what information could be supplied (within cost) by another.
Systems used for recording these figures are not generic, nor are the
procedures used locally in capturing the data. For this reason responses
between forces may differ, and should not be used for comparative
purposes.

 

The information we have supplied to you is likely to contain intellectual
property rights of Northumbria Police. Your use of the information must be
strictly in accordance with the Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 (as
amended) or such other applicable legislation. In particular, you must not
re-use this information for any commercial purpose.

 

You may be interested to know that Northumbria Police routinely publish
information via the Disclosure Log. The aim of the Disclosure Log is to
promote openness and transparency by voluntarily placing information into
the public arena.

 

The Disclosure Log contains copies of some of the information that has
been disclosed by Northumbria Police in response to requests made under
the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

Whilst it is not possible to publish all responses we will endeavour to
publish those where we feel that the information disclosed is in the wider
public interest.

 

The Disclosure Log will be updated once responses have been sent to the
requester.

 

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Michael Cleugh

Data Protection and Disclosure Advisor

 

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'Northumbria Police will be outstanding in the service we provide'

'We will do this through protecting the Vulnerable, delivering quality
Investigations and applying Problem solving to everything we do to protect
the communities we serve.'

 

 

NORTHUMBRIA POLICE PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE The information
contained in this message and any attachment(s) is confidential and
intended only for the attention of the named organisation or individual to
whom it is addressed. The message may contain information that is covered
by legal, professional or other privilege. No mistake in transmission is
intended to waive or compromise any such privilege. This message has been
sent over public networks and the sender cannot be held responsible for
its integrity. If you are not the intended recipient be aware that any
disclosure, copying, distribution or action taken in reliance of the
information contained herein is strictly prohibited, and is contrary to
the provisions of the Copyright Designs and Patents Act, 1988 and of the
Data Protection Act, 2018. Any views expressed are those of the sender
and, unless specifically stated, do not necessarily represent the view of
Northumbria Police. We cannot accept any liability for any loss or damage
sustained as a result of software viruses. It is your responsibility to
carry out such virus checking as is necessary. If you have received this
message in error, please notify the sender by e-mail at once and delete
the message immediately. For more information about Northumbria Police
please visit our website - http://www.northumbria.police.uk

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