FOI 1327-2025/26- RTC injuries

Request:

I'd like to take on your refinement suggestion:    

Q1. A breakdown of roads or local authority areas ranked by the total number of reported hit-and-run incidents per calendar year (2023, 2024, 2025). Please break this down by severity - fatal, serious injury, slight injury, damage-only.

Q2. Could you please also provide data for how many deaths have been recorded per year (2023, 2024, 2025) on each road where more than one fatal collision took place. If possible please note how many people died as a result of each collision, and how many children died

Q3. Where possible could you confirm what kind of vehicle was driven - and what brand and make of car if known

Q4. Could you also confirm how many accidents took place on the roads involving police cars. Please break this down by - No. of claims, Damages Paid, Police Force Legal Costs paid, Claimant legal costs paid, Total paid,

Response: 

Extent and Result of Searches to Locate Information

To locate the information relevant to your request searches were conducted within North Yorkshire Police.

I can confirm that the information you have requested is held by North Yorkshire Police. 

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the following information to you.

Q1 & Q2. Please see the table below showing the number of Hit and run RTC’s recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, broken down by road, injury severity and calendar year. I have disassociated the tables pursuant to section 40(2) – Personal Information. This is to refrain from particular incidents becoming identifiable and consequently the personal details of any persons involved being disclosed. Please see the exemption explanation below.

	Severity
Road	Fatal	Serious	Slight	Total
Not recorded	0	1	6	6
A1036	0	1	13	14
A1041	0	0	1	1
A1079	0	0	5	5
A1176	0	0	1	1
A1237	0	0	1	1
A1238	0	1	1	2
A1365	0	0	1	1
A162	0	0	1	1
A165	0	1	4	5
A168	0	0	1	1
A170	0	2	5	6
A171	0	0	4	4
A174	0	0	2	2
A19	0	3	23	25
A59	0	0	13	13
A6040	0	0	1	1
A6068	0	0	1	1
A6069	0	1	1	2
A61	0	1	3	4
A6108	0	0	1	1
A6131	0	2	2	4
A6136	0	1	1	2
A6161	0	0	1	1
A629	0	1	1	2
A63	0	0	4	4
A64	0	0	11	11
A645	1	1	2	3
A65	0	0	3	3
A658	0	1	1	2
A661	0	0	2	2
A684	0	1	3	4
AM1	0	0	5	5
B1222	0	0	2	2
B1223	0	1	1	2
B1224	0	0	3	3
B1227	0	1	3	4
B1248	0	0	3	3
B1257	0	2	2	3
B1261	0	0	1	1
B1333	0	0	1	1
B1363	0	1	0	1
B1364	0	1	2	3
B1448	0	0	1	1
B1460	0	1	0	1
B6068	0	0	1	1
B6161	0	0	1	1
B6162	0	0	1	1
B6164	0	0	1	1
B6172	0	0	1	1
B6255	0	0	1	1
B6265	1	1	4	5
B6271	0	0	2	2
B6285	0	0	1	1
B6480	0	0	2	2
C	0	1	2	3
UNC	0	14	181	193
Total	2	41	342	377

 

Calendar Year	Distinct Count
2023	121
2024	118
2025	138
Total	377

*Distinct count used due to duplicates from numerous vehicles involved, etc.

Please see the table below showing the number of damage only RTC’s recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, broken down by town and calendar year. I have disassociated the tables pursuant to section 40(2) – Personal Information. This is to refrain from particular incidents becoming identifiable and consequently the personal details of any persons involved being disclosed. Please see the exemption explanation below.

*Filtered on summary column for 'hit and run' or ' fail to stop'

Town	Distinct Count
GREAT AYTON	2
HARROGATE	3
HUTTON CONYERS	1
KNARESBOROUGH	1
MALTON	1
MIDDLESBROUGH	3
NORTHALLERTON	1
NORTON	1
NULL	1
RIPON	1
SCARBOROUGH	9
SELBY	1
SKIPTON	1
STOKESLEY	2
YORK	5
Total	33

 

Calendar Year	Distinct Count
2023	16
2024	9
2025	8
Total	33

*Distinct count used due to duplicates from numerous vehicles involved, etc.

Q3. Please see the table below showing the number of Hit and run RTC’s recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, broken down by make of vehicle involved.

Make	Distinct Count
AUDI	4
BMW	7
CITROEN	2
DACIA	1
FORD	19
HONDA	1
HYUNDAI	3
KAWASAKI	1
KIA	3
LAND ROVER	1
MAZDA	1
MERCEDES - BENZ	5
MINI	2
NISSAN	1
NULL	274
PEUGEOT	5
RENAULT	5
SEAT	3
SINNIS	1
SKODA	2
SUBARU	2
TESLA	2
TOYOTA	5
VAUXHALL	11
VOLKSWAGEN	15
VOLVO	2
WRIGHTBUS	1
YAMAHA	2
Total	377

*Please note, this shows all involved vehicles in the above hit-and-run collisions

Please see the table below showing the number of damage only RTC’s recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, broken down by make of vehicle involved.

*Filtered on summary column for 'hit and run' or ' fail to stop'

Make	Distinct Count
AUDI	3
BMW	2
CITROEN	2
FIAT	1
FORD	5
HONDA	2
KIA	1
LEXUS	1
MAZDA	1
MERCEDES - BENZ	1
NISSAN	1
NULL	9
PEUGEOT	3
RENAULT	1
SUZUKI	1
TOYOTA	3
VAUXHALL	3
VOLKSWAGEN	4
VOLVO	1
Total	33

*Please note, this shows all involved vehicles in the above hit-and-run collisions

Q4. Please see the table below showing the number of road traffic collisions (RTCs) involving vehicles owned by the force recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, broken down by calendar year.

Year	Number of Incidents as at 31 December 2025 which includes incidents not involving a Third Party, for example Damage Found, Windscreen and Collide with Object
2023	417
2024	339
2025	338

Please see the table below showing the total damage in pounds caused to the force's police vehicles in collisions recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 202, broken down by calendar year.

Year	Total paid as at 31 December 2025 for damage to police vehicles. This includes the cost of damage not involving a Third Party, for example Damage Found, Windscreen and Collide with Object.  Also, the figures below, do not take into account recoveries made from third parties where the police were not at fault.
2023	£524,004
2024	£497,909
2025	£372,138

Please see the table below showing the number of incidents, where other vehicles were damaged, where the force accepted liability recorded between 01 January 2023 and 31 December 2025, broken down by year.

Year	The number of incidents as at 31 December 2025 involving a third party where a third party claim has been received and the force has admitted liability and made payment or a third party claim has been received and is currently being investigated	Damages Paid to Claimant’s as at 31 December 2025	Claimant Legal Costs Paid as at 31 December 2025	Force Legal Costs Paid as at 31 December 2025
2023	48	£170,013	£10,414	£10,267
2024	26	£60,714	£1,533	£978
2025	28	£39,850	£0	£0

The payments in the table above relate to the incidents in the second column of the table.  The figures do not include any reserves that we currently hold on file and not all claims have been settled.

Exemption Explanation

Section 40 – Personal Information

Where an individual can be identified by such data, releasing it would clearly breach the first data protection principle of being ‘fair’ to the data subject.

Section 17 of the Act requires North Yorkshire Police, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which: (a) states that fact, (b) specifies the exemption in question and (c) states (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies.

Section 40(2) is an absolute class based exemption, which does not require a public interest test, but requires the balancing of the legitimate interests of the public against the interests of the individual under the first Data Protection Principle; in that processing of personal data must be lawful and fair (DPA 2018 35(1), EUGDPR Article 5(1)).

This exemption applies because the right given under the FOI Act to request official information held by public authorities does not apply to the personal data of third parties where disclosure of that information would not be fair to the individual, and where there is no legitimate public interest in disclosure.

In all the circumstances of the case it has been determined that the duty to the individual under the Data Protection Act 2018 & EU General Data Protection Regulations, and the public interest in maintaining the exemption from disclosure of personal information held by the force in such instances, outweighs the public interest in disclosure.  In this instance, personal information can only be disclosed to the individual concerned. 

Releasing personal details to a person other than the data subject would not only breach the data subject’s Data Protection rights it may also breach the obligations placed on an authority under the European Convention on Human Rights

Pursuant to Section 17(1) of the Act this letter acts as a refusal notice under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to your request.

Please note that systems used for recording information are not generic, nor are the procedures used locally in capturing the data.  It should be noted therefore that this force’s response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with any other responses you may receive.