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Information and public services for the Island of Jersey

L'înformâtion et les sèrvices publyis pouor I'Île dé Jèrri

Road traffic collisions (FOI)

Road traffic collisions (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 27 June 2022.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

Dear sir/madam, I'm writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request some figures around car crashes.

I would like a breakdown of what are the 5 most common causes of car crashes registered both in Guernsey and also in Jersey over the last 12 months. If I could get the figures as a break down month by month starting with May 2021.

Response

5 Most Common Causes of Road Traffic Collisions

 

Crossing road

junction carelessly

Shunted stationary

vehicle

Pedestrian

actions

Weather

conditions

Hit object off

carriageway

Total

May-21

 

5

1

1

 

7

Jun

6

3

 

2

 

11

Jul

1

2

1

4

1

9

Aug

4

 

 

4

3

11

Sep

4

4

2

1

2

13

Oct

3

4

2

1

5

15

Nov

1

1

5

2

1

10

Dec

2

 

2

 

 

4

Jan-22

2

 

1

 

 

3

Feb

3

1

3

1

1

9

Mar

2

1

2

 

1

6

Apr

5

 

1

2

 

8

Grand Total

33

21

20

18

14

106

 

Crime statistics for Guernsey are not held as the States of Guernsey Police is not a "scheduled public authority" as defined by the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of "information held by a public authority"

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.


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