Speeding (816A/21)
Request
How many Roads Policing Officers are there currently, and how many were there in 2011?
How many mobile speed trap vehicles/devices are there currently operational, and how many were there in 2011?
How many Officer-detected speeding offences were recorded in 2020, and how many were there in 2011?
How many Officer-detected careless driving offences were recorded in 2020, and how many were there in 2011?
How many Officer-detected dangerous driving offences were recorded in 2020, and how many were there in 2011?
How many fatal crashes involved the death of the driver were recorded in 2020, and how many were there in 2011?
How many fatal crashes involved the death of someone other than the driver were recorded in 2020, and how many were there in 2011?
Please break these figures down into passengers, pedestrians and cyclists.
How many crashes involving the serious injury of the driver were recorded in 2020, and how many were there in 2011?
How many fatal crashes involving the serious injury of someone other than the driver were recorded in 2020, and how many were there in 2011? Please break these figures down into passengers, pedestrians and cyclists.
Does the force monitor compliance with speed limits, and if so, what % of drivers exceed 20mph, 30mph, 40mph limits respectively?
How many Community Speedwatch Groups are currently supported by the Force, and how has that number changed since the Force first started supporting Community Speedwatch?
How many PCSOs are currently employed in support of Community Speedwatch Groups, and how many were there when the Force first started supporting Community Speedwatch?
How many third-party reports of speeding, careless and dangerous driving did the Force receive in 2020?
Of these third-party reports, how many resulted in convictions?
Response
Our data are not organised in such a way as to allow us to provide this information within the appropriate (cost) limit within the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act (see ‘Reason for Decision’ below).
Although excess cost removes the force’s obligations under the Freedom of Information Act, as a gesture of goodwill I have supplied information, relative to your request, retrieved before it was realised that the fees limit would be exceeded (see attached). I trust this is helpful, but it does not affect our legal right to rely on the fees regulations for the remainder of the request.
REASON FOR DECISION
Please note that researching each individual case would exceed the appropriate limit (FOIA, s.12). In relation to question 5 we do not record who detected/reported an offence, also for question 10, this information is not centrally recorded, therefore to try and locate any relevant information would require a manual search which would exceed the FOI time limit.
The cost of compliance with the whole of your request is above the amount to which we are legally required to respond, i.e. the cost of locating and retrieving the information would exceed the appropriate costs limit under section 12(1) of the FOI Act 2000. For West Midlands Police, the appropriate limit is set at £450, as prescribed by the Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Appropriate Limit and Fees) Regulations 2004, S.I. 3244.