Cost of repairing Police Vehicles involved in collisions from 2019 to 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.038991

I note you seek access to the following information:

1a. How many collisions were your police force’s vehicles involved in between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023?
1b. How much money has your police force spent repairing its vehicles following these collisions?
2. Does your police force currently have an uninsured loss recovery (ULR) programme in place?

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1a - How many collisions were your police force’s vehicles involved in between 1 January 2019 and 31 December 2023?

Year	Number of Collisions
2019	4269
2020	4277
2021	4240
2022	4161
2023	4145

Q1b - How much money has your police force spent repairing its vehicles following these collisions?

Year	Collision repair costs
2019	£907,609
2020	£1,287,997
2021	£2,443,257
2022	£2,331,684
2023	£2,413,754

Q2 - Does your police force currently have an uninsured loss recovery (ULR) programme in place?

The MPS does not have a programme in place, however we aim to liaise with the Motor Insurance Bureau and other insurers to recover losses where possible.