Speed Enforcement (1591A/23)
Request
The percentage of police resources allocated to speed enforcement in the past three years.
The percentage of police resources allocated to addressing issues related to mobile phone use and “middle lane hogging” in the past three years.
The number of accidents directly attributed to excessive speed in the past three years.
The number of accidents directly attributed to mobile phone use and “middle lane hogging” in the past three years.
Any internal reports, studies, or assessments conducted the police regarding the allocation of resources for speed enforcement and its effectiveness in reducing accidents.
Funding concerns. Has the police requested any assistance or further funding to protect the public?
Response
Please find attached our response.
Every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that these data have been extracted from a number of data sources used by forces for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large scale recording system. As a consequence, care should be taken to ensure data collection processes and their inevitable limitations are taken into account when interpreting those data.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures for ad hoc requests may have limitations and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
If you decide to write an article / use the enclosed data we would ask you to take into consideration the factors highlighted in this document so as to not mislead members of the public or official bodies, or misrepresent the relevance of the whole or any part of this disclosed material.