For the calendar years 2018-to-date, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and 2013

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1 Our ref: 1474/18 For the calendar years 2018-to-date, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014 and How many accidents involving mobility scooters have been reported to the force? The figures below represent the number of road traffic collisions recorded during the period where the incident log text contains reference to a mobility scooter being involved Figures represent the number of incidents recorded during the period which: - were closed as a road traffic collision - contained 'MOBILITY SCOOTER', 'MOTORBILITY SCOOTER' or 'MOTABILITY' in the log text - related to a mobility scooter being involved in the RTC. Disposition Type RTC - Injury RTC - Damage Only Damage Only Dets Exch NFA Damage Only Tor Issued Slight Injury Dets Exch Slight Injury Tor Issued Slight Injury Offence Enqs Police RTC Slight Injury Police RTC Serious Injury Police Fatal RTC Can you please break this down and list the reasons for the accidents... to show for instance whether someone fell from a scooter, collided with a pedestrian, a collision with another vehicle eg? Please see the attached document. Redactions have been applied by virtue of Section 30(1) Investigations and proceedings conducted by a public authority and Section 40(2) Personal Information. Please see Appendix A for the full legislative explanation. 3. For the years stated in question 1, how many mobility scooters have been reported stolen and what's their estimated value? Figures represent the number of property items linked to crimes recorded during the period which: - were not subsequently cancelled - were described as mobility scooters (based on the property notes containing 'MOBILITY SCOOTER', 'MOTORBILITY SCOOTER or 'MOTABILITY') and linked as either 'STOLEN' or 'TAKEN' Value as recorded on the property item These figures may be subject to further investigation, reclassification and cancelling and will therefore change over time Crime classifications based on Home Office Counting Rules for Recorded Crime

2 Period Number stolen Value , , , , , Appendix A The Freedom of Information Act 2000 creates a statutory right of access to information held by public authorities. A public authority in receipt of a request must, if permitted, state under Section 1(a) of the Act, whether it holds the requested information and, if held, then communicate that information to the applicant under Section 1(b) of the Act. The right of access to information is not without exception and is subject to a number of exemptions which are designed to enable public authorities, to withhold information that is unsuitable for release. Importantly the Act is designed to place information into the public domain. Information is granted to one person under the Act, it is then considered public information and must be communicated to any individual, should a request be received. DECISION Your request for information has been considered and I regret to inform you that West Yorkshire Police cannot comply. This letter serves as a Refusal Notice under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Act Section 17 of the Act provides: (1) A public authority which, in relation to any request for information, is to any extent relying on a claim that information is exempt information must, within the time for complying with Section 1(1), give the applicant a notice which:- (a) States the fact, (b) Specifies the exemption in question, and (c) States (if that would not otherwise be apparent) why the exemption applies. REASONS FOR DECISION The reason that we are unable to provide you with this information is covered by the following exemptions: Section 30(1) Investigations and proceedings conducted by a public authority. This is a qualified and class based exemption, I am obliged to conduct a public interest test Factors favouring disclosure

3 To disclose the redacted log details would adhere to the basic principle of being open and transparent and would allow for a more accurate public debate. Factors favouring non-disclosure The log text is a direct account given by the reporting person at the time the offence was reported. Disclosing this would undermine any potential criminal proceedings which could arise which in turn would hinder our abilities to prevent and detect crimes. Additionally there will be a decrease in public confidence as individuals will fear that any information supplied to the force will be released this could lead to individuals not reporting criminal activity. Balancing Test: The Police Service is tasked with enforcing the law and protecting the communities we serve and there is a public interest argument in ensuring we are open and transparent with regard to policing investigations. The ability of West Yorkshire Police to conduct such enquiries is crucial to the principles of prevention and detection of crime. It is therefore our opinion that the balance lies in favour of non-disclosure of the information at this time. Section 40(2) Personal Information. This is an absolute and class based exemption and so requires no harm or public interest test to be undertaken. The log text contains personal information such as addresses and telephone numbers, furthermore to disclose the exact circumstances of the incident has an increased likelihood of an individual being identified and as such disclosure would breach principle 1 (fairly and lawfully processed) of the Data Protection Act T

4 A PARKED VEHICLE CRASHED INTO 2013 LEFT IT OUTSIDE MOBILITY SCOOTER; HE STEAM ROLLER REVERSEING 2013 MOBILITY SCOOTER AND CAR RTC; A CAR...; MOBILITY SCOOTER HAS BEEN IN A COLLISON WITH

5 SCOOTER AND HIT A STATIONARY VEHICLE; COME OF MOBILITY 2013 HAS COME OFF SCOOTER.; 2013

6 MOBILITY SCOOTER AND A CAR HAS REVERSED ONTO 2013 MOBILITY SCOOTER CRASH INTO HER VEHICLE; 2013

7 HIT A MALE IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2013 AS BEEN KNOCKED OVER BY A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2013 CALLE REPORTING RTC; 2013

8 HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER BY A TAXI.; 2013 CALLER WAS IN MOBILITY SCOOTER DRIVING DOWN THE PAVEMENT; WAS HIT BY A REVERSING VEHICLE 2013

9 HIT ON LOCUS BY A TAXI A 2013 CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2013 ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER HAS CRASHED; INTO HIS VEHICLE 2013

10 CRASHED INTO HIM WAS ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER WHEN A TAXI 2013 HAS BEEN HIT BY LORRY; 2013 INJURED PARTY KNOCKED OFF MOBILITY SCOOTER 2013 ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER ON THE PAVEMENT WAITING TO CROSS; AS CALLER TURNED CAME OUT IN FRONT OF CALLER ON THE SCOOTER; AND CALLER BUMPED INTO THE SIDE OF HIM; 2013 MOBILITY SCOOTER PULLED; OUT AND CALLER BELIEVES SHE CLIPPED THE FRONT OF HIS SCOOTER; 2013

11 RTC; VAN AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2013 DRIVING A MOBILITY SCOOTER ON LOCUS; COLLIDED WITH HER; 2014

12 INTO HER ON SCOOTER; A VAN REVERSED 2014 CUS ON MOBILITY SCOOTER ON THE PATH; HIT CALLER CAUSING DAMAGE 2014 MALE ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER; NON INJURY RTC WITH A 2014 CALLER REPORTING COLLISION BETWEEN HER MOBILITY SCOOTER AND A VEHICLE, 2014

13 ON HER MOBILITY SCOOTER SHE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE 2014 CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER RTC 2014

14 ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER HIT CALLER VEH AND FELL; FROM SCOOTER CALLER 2014 WHILST CROSSING ONE OF THE CARS HAS EDGED FORWARD HITTING THE HANDLE BARS OF THE MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2014 AMB REPORTING RTC; 1 VEHICLE INVOLVED - MOBILITY SCOOTER, 2014

15 A MOBILITY SCOOTER WAS DRIVING PAST AND IT HIT; PASSENGER SIDE REAR BUMPER; 2014 AMB REPORTING RTC; INVOLVING MOBILITY SCOOTER AND A CAR 2014

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17 YESTERDAY BY A MOBILITY SCOOTER; WAS KNOCKED OVER 2014 AMB REPORTING 1 CAR RTC WITH MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2014 CALLER SAYS SHE WAS IN COLLISON WITH A CAR DOOR; 2014

18 CAR HIT HIM KNOCKING HIM; AND TIPPING THE SCOOTER.; AND 2014

19 REAR OF HIS VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH THE N/S/R OF A MOBILITY SCOOTER 2014 SCOOTER AND VEH; RTC BETWEEN MOBILITY 2014 MTF; VEHICLE CRASHED INTO MALE ON MOBILITY SCOOTER 2014

20 INVOLVING ONE CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2014 CAR HAS HIT HIM; 2014 COLLIDED WITH A ELDERLY PERSONS MOBILITY SCOOTER; CAR 2014 ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER WHICH WAS PARKED ON THE PAVEMENT; SOMEONE HAS THEN MOUNTED THE PAVEMENT AND RUN INTO THE BACK OF HIM 2014

21 HAD MOBILITY SCOOTER; AND HIT THE VEHICLE 2014

22 WAS KNOCKED OVER AT THE LOCUS AT BY A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2015 MOBILITY SCOOTER; HAS BEEN HIT BY A VEHICLE; 2015 CALLER REPORTING RTC DAMAGE ONLY; 2015

23 RTC BETWEEN CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2015 FEMALE DRIVING A MOBILITY SCOOTER; VEHICLE WAS HIT BY A 2015 CALLER STATES ELDERLEY MALE HAS GONE INTO THE BACK OF HIM; 2015

24 AMB REPORTING RTC BETWEEN CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2015 OF THE FRONT OF THE SCOOTER CAR HIT THE LEFT SIDE 2015

25 REPORTING CAR HAS HIT MOBILITY SCOOTER 2015 RTC INJURY; VEHICLE AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2015

26 CALLER REPORTING RTC FTS; SHE HAS BEEN HIT BY A MOBILITY SCOOTER 2015 CALLER REPORTING SHE WAS IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER AND CROSSING THE ROAD WHEN A CAR REVERSED IN TO HER SCOOTER.; 2015

27 RTC WITH TWO VEHICLES; ONE VAN AND ONE MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2015 MOBILITY SCOOTER FALLEN INTO THE ROAD, 2015 Created from Shadow Incident; CALL FROM AMB, A PERSON HAS BEEN HIT BY A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2015

28 FEMALE ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER HAS CRASHED INTO CALLERS CAR; 2015 AN ELDERLY MALE DROVE HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER INTO WINDOW 2015 CAR INTO A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2015

29 MALE OFF HIS SCOOTER; 1 KNOCKED AN ELDERLY 2015 I KNOCKED DOWN MALE THAT OUT INFRONT OF ME ON A SCOOTER; 2015

30 A MOBILITY SCOOTER AND HAS BEEN HIT BY A CYCLIST; 2015 MALE ON A MOTABILITY SCOOTER HAS; KNOCKED OVER A FEMALE ON A MOTABILITY SCOOTER; 2015 HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF MOBILITY SCOOTER AT 2015

31 SCOOTER DOOR; A A VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED UP OPENED THEIR CAR 2015 AMBULANCE REPORTS RTC; CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER 2015

32 VEH HAS CAUGHT THE REAR WHEEL OF THE SCOOTER 2016 SCOOTER; CALLER HAS MADE CONTACT WITH A FEMALE ON A MOBILITY 2016

33 WAS PARKED NEARBY AND HAS DRIVEN OFF CAUSING DAMAGE TO CALLERS SCOOTER.; 2016 THE SIDE OF CALLERS CAR; ; THE SCOOTER SCRAPED 2016 MOTORBILITY SCOOTER.; CAR HAS KNOCKED FEAMALE FROM MOBILITY SCOOTER CAME OFF THE PAVEMENT ONTO THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HIM AND CALLER HAS HIT HIM

34 HAS COME OFF A MOBILITY SCOOTER; CAR HAS HIT HIM; 2016 IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER SHE WAS ON THE PAVEMENT WAITING FOR THE CROSSING TO TURN GREEN; A VEHICLE - ALSO ON THE PAVEMENT STRUCK HER FROM BEHIND; 2016

35 A SIDE ROAD INTO HER VEHICLE; HAS COME FROM HE WAS ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2016 CALLER IN MOBILITY SCOOTER CROSSING LOCUS ROAD; WSA REVERSED INTO BY A VEHICLE; 2016

36 MOBILITY SCOOTER; VAN HAS HIT 2016 CAR WHICH WAS STRUCK BY AN ELDERLY MALE ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2016 VAN MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2016

37 CAR HAS COLLIDED WITH MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2016 CALLER STATES HE HAS BEEN HIT BY A VEHICLE WHILE ON HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER 2016

38 ACCIDENT - VEHICLE AND A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2016 A MALE HAS FALLEN OFF HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER.; 2016 CALL FROM AMB; STATES A MALE HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF HIS PUSH BIKE BY A MALE ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2016

39 SCOOTER A CAR HAS REVERSED INTO CALLERS 2016

40 MOTORISED SCOOTER, HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY A 2016 AMB REPORTING THAT THE DRIVER OF A MOBILITY SCOOTER HAS RUN INTO A PEDESTRIAN.; 2016 MOTORBILITY SCOOTER HAS CROSSED ROAD ON GREEN TRAFFIC LIGHT; HAS HIT CAR PASSING THROUGH; 2016

41 CALL FROM AMB; MOTORBIKE VS MOBILITY SCOOTER; RTC INJURY; 2016 WHEN A MOBILITY SCOOTER CAME UP BEHIND HER A T SUCH A SPEED SHE WAS UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WAY 2016

42 AMB REQUIRED - MALE FALLEN OFF HIS MOTOBILITY SCOOTER; 2016 CALLER WAS RIDING HER MOTABILLITY SCOOTER; N VAN; PUYLLED OUT; NOT SEEING HER AND KNOCKED HER BASKET OFF THE MOTABILITY SCOOTER; 2016 Created from Shadow Incident; CALLER WAS ON MOBILITY SCOOTER; SHE HAS BEEN HIT BY A VEHICLE 2016

43 MOBILITY SCOOTER; RUN OVER BY A 2017 CALLER REPORTED RTC; PEDAL CYCLE AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2017 WITH A MALE ON HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER; BUS HAS COLLIDED 2017

44 CALLER IS AMBULANCE.; CAR HAS HIT A PEDESTRIAN; SCOOTER; POSS KNOCKED OUT OF A MOBILITY 2017 VEHICLE HAS STRUCK A MOBILITY SCOOTER; ANOTHER 2017

45 RIDING HER MOBILITY SCOOTER; SHE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AN RTC WITH A MALE WHO REVERSED OUT FROM A PARKING SPACE 2017 Created from Shadow Incident; CALL FROM AMB; VEHICLE HAS HIT PEDESTRIAN ON MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2017

46 FROM AMB - REPORTING RTC BETWEEN MOBILITY SCOOTER AND A WAGGON 2017 Created from Shadow Incident; CALL FROM AMB; FEMALE HAS FALLEN FROM A MOBILITY SCOOTER 2017 CALLER REOPORTING HE HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN AN RTC WITH A MALE ON A MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2017

47 MOUNTED THE KERB; HE STATED THAT THE CAR HIT HIS MOBILITY 2017

48 COME ALONG AT SPEED AND HIT HIS SCOOTER 2017 IN MOBILITY SCOOTER SCRATCHED AS GONE BY, BY ACCIDENT RTC BETWEEN CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2017

49 RTC WITH VEHICLE AND MOBILITY SCOOTER, 2017 SCOOTER HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN BY A MOBILITY 2017 Created from Shadow Incident; CALLER REPORTING THAT A LADY ON A MOTORBILITY SCOOTER HAS CRASHED INTO HIS VEHICLE 2017

50 A TAXI; HAS BEEN KNOCKED OFF HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER BY 2017 IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER APPEARED OUT OF NOWHERE AND STRUCK CALLER'S NAN 2017

51 COME ACROSS A RTC BETWEEN CAR AND MOBILITY SCOOTER ON LOCUS; 2017 A VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH HIM ON HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER; 2017

52 BUT SCRAPED HIS MOBILITY SCOOTER 2017 Created from Shadow Incident; CALLER REPORTING THAT A MALE IN A MOBILITY SCOOTER HAS GONE INTO THE SIDE OF HIS VEHICLE; 2018 RTC KNOCK MOBILITY SCOOTER; MALE WAS ON

53 CAN COME OFF HIS SCOOTER N MOBILITY SCOOTER

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55 LORRY HAS HIT AN EDLERY FEMALE ON AN ELECTRIC SCOOTER; 2018