FOI 12448 and 12449
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NOs: West Mercia Police 12448 and Warwickshire Police 12449
I write in connection with your requests for information which were received on 22nd August 2019. Please find below the responses to your requests for West Mercia Police and Warwickshire Police information:
1) How many of your vehicles were destroyed (by destroyed I mean damaged beyond economic repair) in 2018/19 following any kind of road traffic accident? What was the make and model of the most expensive vehicle that was written off?
West Mercia Police 12448 and Warwickshire Police 12449 REPLY 1:
West Mercia: 14 vehicles were written off between 1.1.18 and 28.8.19
Highest written off value is £33,333 for vehicle 530x BMW
Warwickshire: 11 vehicles were written off between 1.1.18 and 28.8.19
Highest written off value is £21,750 for vehicle 530 BMW
2) What was the total cost of this damage to your service because of the accidents referred to in Q1? If you were insured and suffered no direct cost other than through your insurance premiums, please provide me with a figure for the total value of those vehicles when written off.
West Mercia Police 12448 and Warwickshire Police 12449 REPLY 2:
West Mercia: Total loss value = £170,525
Warwickshire: Total loss value = £96,075
3) In the 2018/19 financial year, how many claims of compensation were paid to members of the public who were injured in a collision involving one of your vehicles and what was the total amount of the compensation? Please note that members of the public could be a passenger in your vehicle, a pedestrian or the driver/passenger in another vehicle.
Note: The question relates to the date the claim was paid irrespective of when the accident took place or when the claim was made.
West Mercia Police 12448 and Warwickshire Police 12449 REPLY 3:
West Mercia: 18 claims totalling £63, 806
Warwickshire: 9 claims totalling £182,777