FOI 529-2025 / May 2025 / Collisions
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: 529-2025
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 13th May 2025 as follows:
Q1. In the past year, how many car accidents took place? (Financial year 2024/25)
Q1a. Can this be broken down by accident causes such as speeding, drink-driving, icy roads etc?
Q1b. Can this be broken down by town (accidents in the towns that the force covers)?
Q2. What is the number of pedestrian casualties in reported road collisions in the past year? (Financial year 2024/25)
Q2a. Could these casualties be broken down into fatalities, serious injuries and minor injuries?
Q2b. Can this be broken down by town (accidents in the towns that the force covers)?
Q3. What is the number of pedal cyclist casualties in reported road collisions in the past year? (Financial year 2024/25)
Q3a. Could these casualties be broken down into fatalities, serious injuries and minor injuries?
Q3b. Can this be broken down by town (accidents in the towns that the force covers)?
Clarification
In our response to FOI-414-2025, we advised:
Q1 – A response could be provided based on filtering all RTCs recorded in 2024/25 to where the vehicle type is ‘car’.
Q1a – Please note that up to six factors can be selected for each collision, therefore it is not possible to provide a breakdown per incident; however, a list of the six most common causation factors for 2024/25 RTCs could be provided.
Q1b – The total number of collisions involving cars, identified at Q1, could be broken down by the five policing areas of Warwickshire, which are set out below:
North Warwickshire
Nuneaton and Bedworth
Rugby
Warwick
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Q2b and Q3b – The total number of pedestrian casualties and the total number of pedal cycle casualties identified at Q2 and Q3 could be broken down by the five local policing areas, as shown above.
In addition, it may also be possible to provide responses to Q2, Q2a, Q3 and Q3a, however the information will be subject to the usual disclosure considerations.
You advised:
Based on your advice and assistance could I please resubmit the request with the revisions you have made.
Please find the Warwickshire Police response set out below. When considering the information please note that collision figures for 2024/25 have not been finalised. There may still be information that has not as yet been returned or may still be waiting for verification and/or an investigation to conclude and therefore figures could increase, and classifications could change.
The numerical data presented in this response is an unaudited snapshot of unpublished data sourced from "live" systems and is subject to the interpretation of the original request by the individual extracting the data.
Q1 response: 985. This figure has been based on all injury Road Traffic Collisions (RTCs) recorded in the financial year 2024/25, where the vehicle type has been filtered to ‘car’.
Q1a response: The six most common causation factors for injury RTCs in 2024/25 has been set out below.
|
Most common causation factors 2024/25 |
|
Failed to look properly |
|
Careless/Reckless/in a hurry |
|
Failed to judge other persons path or speed |
|
Loss of control |
|
Exceeding the speed limit |
|
Impairment by alcohol |
Q1b response:
|
By Policing Area |
Total |
|
North Warwickshire |
169 |
|
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
165 |
|
Rugby |
208 |
|
Stratford-upon-Avon |
240 |
|
Warwick |
203 |
|
Grand Total |
985 |
Q2 response: 154
Q2a response:
|
Pedestrian Casualties 2024/25 |
|||
|
Slight |
Serious |
Fatal |
Total |
|
105 |
42 |
7 |
154 |
Q2b response:
|
By Policing Area |
Total |
|
North Warwickshire |
12 |
|
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
44 |
|
Rugby |
32 |
|
Stratford upon Avon |
31 |
|
Warwick |
35 |
|
Grand Total |
154 |
Q3 response: 99
Q3a response:
|
Pedal Cyclist Casualties 2024/25 |
|||
|
Slight |
Serious |
Fatal |
Total |
|
70 |
27 |
2 |
99 |
Q3b response:
|
By Policing Area |
Total |
|
North Warwickshire |
8 |
|
Nuneaton and Bedworth |
19 |
|
Rugby |
17 |
|
Stratford upon Avon |
23 |
|
Warwick |
32 |
|
Grand Total |
99 |
Every effort has been made to ensure that the information provided is as accurate as possible; however, the data is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording system, therefore care should be taken to ensure data collection processes, and their inevitable limitations are considered when interpreting the data.
Your attention is drawn to the below which details your right of complaint.
Should you have any further enquiries concerning this matter, please write or email the Freedom of Information Unit quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Officer
Freedom of Information Unit
Warwickshire Police
PO Box 4
Leek Wootton
Warwickshire
CV35 7QB