Traffic incident figures (FOI)Traffic incident figures (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by Government of Jersey and published on
05 January 2023.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
Please could you provide me with a breakdown on annual traffic incidents for Jersey?
I am interested to know the number of traffic accidents since 29 January 2022, including:
A
The total number of road traffic accidents.
B
The average number of traffic accidents per month.
C
The number of road traffic accidents involving pedestrians.
D
The number of road traffic accidents involving cyclist.
E
The number of road traffic accidents involving horses.
Please could you provide me with a breakdown on traffic incidents from 2012-2021, including:
F
The total number of traffic accidents each year.
G
The average number of traffic incidents per month.
H
The number of road traffic accidents involving pedestrians.
I
The number of road traffic accidents involving cyclist.
J
The number of road traffic accidents involving horses.
Response
A to H excluding B and G
| 2012 | 1,481 | 51 | 31 | |
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| 2013 | 1,506 | 59 | 48 | |
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| 2014 | 1,519 | 54 | 44 | 1 |
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| 2015 | 1,427 | 59 | 32 | |
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| 2016 | 1,277 | 60 | 45 | |
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| 2017 | 1,382 | 50 | 40 | |
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| 2018 | 1,346 | 54 | 41 | |
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| 2019 | 1,403 | 59 | 26 | |
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| 2020 | 998 | 36 | 37 | |
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| 2021 | 1,113 | 46 | 27 | |
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| 20221 | 1,096 | 39 | 23 | |
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1 In accordance with this request, records are inclusive only from 29 January 2022 to the year end.
B and G
The States of Jersey Police do not hold information relating to the average number of road traffic collisions reported per month. The Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 does not require us to create new data sets specifically for this purpose. Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies.
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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