megilleland Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 14th May 2015 BBC News West Midlands West Midlands' 999 vehicles 'crash five times daily' More than five emergency vehicles have crashed a day on average in the West Midlands in the past three years. Figures obtained under Freedom of Information laws showed 5,992 crashes were recorded between 2012 and 2014. CRASHES BY AUTHORITY: 2012, 2013, 2014 West Midlands Police: 2,728 Warwickshire Police: 546 Staffordshire Police: 912 West Mercia Police: 1,154 West Midlands Ambulance: 81 West Midlands Fire Service: 281 Warwickshire Fire: 102 Staffordshire Fire: 120 Shropshire Fire: 68 Total: 5,992 I noticed the unmarked BMW X5 had it driver's door damaged a couple of weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarkester Posted May 15, 2015 Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 I'm not really sure what this proves to be honest. How many vehicles does each force have? How many journeys are made by each force? As a percentage, how many accidents per journey per force are there? It seems to me that some FOI requests just are done just to cause a nuisance to the authorities, but those figures on their own are pretty meaningless, in my opinion, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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