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Traffic Cops S12E31 (Mar 17 2025)
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00:00It's gone straight through the red line.
00:03It's got damage.
00:05It's got damage.
00:08Derbyshire traffic cops.
00:10It does have warning markers for potential firearms.
00:15Turn over!
00:16You under arrest.
00:17Intent supply class to be a drug.
00:19Police a thousand square miles.
00:23It's a crash, crash.
00:25Have you got any other injury other than your head?
00:27With some of the UK's most dangerous roads.
00:30Oh, nobody's been killed out of this. I don't know.
00:33Do you know how fast we're going?
00:35It's scary when stuff like this happens.
00:37In life and death situations.
00:39Get on the ground, you'll be tased!
00:41We've got runners.
00:42Face down.
00:46Yes, yes, successful stink.
00:49Around every corner.
00:51Great acting, mate.
00:53There's a new challenge for the traffic cops.
00:57Step out of the vehicle now!
01:00I'm going home.
01:01David!
01:02Stop grabbing me like that!
01:06Crash, crash, crash!
01:09Coming up...
01:10The car's on its roof.
01:11Collisions changing lives.
01:14It's easily a 25-foot drop.
01:16Involving the young.
01:18If you went over there, it would most likely have been a fatality.
01:22And the old.
01:23I am a total idiot.
01:26And a serious motorbike crash.
01:28Can we get someone to go and get the calculator?
01:30Leaves the traffic cops searching for the truth.
01:34I went to go put my brakes on and it just was not working.
01:38As an elderly man fights for his life.
01:40Right.
01:41New bag of fluid going in.
01:58Tagging the CF4, Stephen?
02:00Mate, we're just leaving Ripley now.
02:01We'll be about five minutes.
02:02Every year, Derbyshire's traffic cops deal with over 300 life-changing and fatal collisions.
02:14Police emergency.
02:16At force control...
02:18Whereabouts are you?
02:20There's a report of a serious crash.
02:22Are there any injuries?
02:24Involving a motorcyclist and a pedestrian.
02:27We'll get officers there as soon as we can.
02:30Hello, Tango CF4.
02:31They're good.
02:32They're good.
02:34We've got a report of a vehicle RTC.
02:36Injuries are reported.
02:37EMAS are travelling.
02:38If you can, start travelling.
02:39Immediate response, NA.
02:41Oh dear.
02:42Where was that?
02:43They'll pull over and have a look.
02:49NA Tango 4-3.
02:50Pop me to that RTC as well.
02:52PC, Alex Head and Sergeant Scott Riley respond to the call.
03:01We're getting quite a few multiple reports.
03:04So, normally when you get multiple reports, you take it...
03:09It tends to be a bit more serious.
03:14Almost weekly, we are dealing with a fatal or serious collision.
03:17It's something that changes you as a person.
03:22To see what families go through when they are the victims of a fatal collision.
03:27It's stuff that I will never ever forget.
03:30But we have to be on top of our game to deal with the next one.
03:34And the one after that.
03:37NA Tango 4-9, I'm coming free now.
03:39So I can make way to that.
03:42PC Chris Wells-Jackson is also responding.
03:45From the sounds of it, they've got quite a serious head injury.
03:50You do get a bit of a funny feeling when you go into a possible fatal collision
03:55because in the back of your mind you're always thinking that
03:58essentially someone's actually going to die.
04:00So essentially informed some family members as well.
04:03Which is not very nice.
04:08Scott is first on scene.
04:12Just come off for one sec.
04:14One every five seconds, mate.
04:19As other officers and paramedics fight to save the 92-year-old casualty's life,
04:25Scott takes charge of the investigation.
04:28We've got a serious, critical RTC where the pedestrian is still in cardiac arrest so far.
04:37When I'm told that the pedestrian's in his 90s, I know from looking at the scene that the injuries are going to be really difficult for him to survive.
04:47We've got everything at that scene or coming to that scene that we need to give him the best opportunity of life.
04:55But ultimately, I do look at the investigation as if it is going to be a fatality.
05:01That really focused on my mind.
05:04Right, new bag of fluid going in. Thank you.
05:07Scott's asked us to go straight down, which we're going to do.
05:10Just going to grab some scene tape so we can have another cordon on.
05:13And obviously, the air ambulance needs to land somewhere as well, which I don't know where it's going to be.
05:19We've got to go and assist with witnesses, et cetera, to start off with from the sounds of it.
05:24We've only got here for a little bit. They've seen it. They've been right behind it.
05:37We was literally right behind the bar that we smacked into.
05:45With life-threatening injuries, the victim needs urgent hospital treatment.
05:50His condition's not changed from when we've arrived.
05:52Scott's focus turns to evidence gathering.
05:58In the black car, there is a key witness.
06:01And that key witness describes him as travelling with excess speed.
06:06We need to secure CCTV. We need to secure the area for our forensics team.
06:11We need to clear the area of the public, but we need to keep those public somewhere where we have an element of control.
06:17Unless you live on this street, you need to be the other side of that blue line.
06:19Because they are the very people that could tell us exactly what's happened.
06:24Hello. We'll come and speak to you very shortly. What are your plans now?
06:28Because I can see you've got some customers in. You've cancelled, have you? That would really help us.
06:32I'm going to ask this officer, if you rang the initial job in and you've got CCTV, I'm going to ask this officer to come and speak to you.
06:37All right. Is this the driver? Yeah. Does he need treatment as well? Yeah, he will do. He's got an injury to his ankle.
06:45Hi mate. That's your bike? Yeah. All right. Just very briefly tell me what's happened.
06:49I was coming down the street. Which way? From up there? Yeah. And I went to go put my brakes on and it just was not working.
06:58Okay. Front and back. Yeah. I just got it booked in to go in for a service. And my brakes just was not going to work. Yeah.
07:08Right. So we'll get a collision unit when they come to get that statement almost immediately. Yeah.
07:15CCTV from the building just there, which I'm just going to go and have a look and see if it's active.
07:20Because that will show this junction here. Okay.
07:25With the scene locked down, the victim who remains in a critical condition is transferred to hospital.
07:31So the early information is that the motorcycle rider there is coming down here at excess speed.
07:44He's made an unsolicited comment that his brakes weren't working. He knew his brakes weren't working because he was going to take it to a garage to get it serviced.
07:53So if that is the case, then it's dangerous driving.
07:55Do the roadside procedure, drugs, drink, and then when I give you an update, go from there, please.
08:02Alex, can you stick with Chris?
08:04From a police perspective, if he's riding that motorbike knowing that his brakes didn't work and that he needed to take it to a garage,
08:14then he's known he got on that bike when it was in a dangerous condition.
08:17I'm going to take a sample of your saliva onto this device, which takes up to eight minutes to come back with a result. Okay.
08:35Okay, that's fine.
08:37So I'm going to require you to provide me with a sample of breath for analysis. Okay.
08:39Same rules applies to the drug swipe at failure or at refusal of any allowed to arrest and prosecution. Okay.
08:44Just create a nice tight seaweed lips, blow until the tater stop.
08:48Blow, blow, blow, blow, blow, blow, blow, blow, blow, blow. Thank you.
08:51That's it, done.
08:53So at the moment that's showing as negative and the breath test negative.
08:57So if it's a case of black casualty ends up taking a term for the worse and it turns fatal, then this chap will end up being arrested for causing death by dangerous driving.
09:13Both are negative. They're saying he's going to have to go to QMC because it's closest and given his injuries, I don't think it's going to be anything to accept it.
09:19It's just legs at the moment. So he's got some grazing to his legs and potentially a foot injury.
09:25We need officers to be with him.
09:27Yeah.
09:28So Chris, you follow down or managing him as a suspect.
09:33Yeah.
09:34With a view to arresting him once we get a casualty upleg.
09:36Okay.
09:37And once he's cleared of his injuries.
09:39Okay.
09:40We'll get on to the family now and then I'll give you a ring and see where we're at with that.
09:43Okay.
09:44Worth just arresting him now just because he's got some powder.
09:46Yeah.
09:47For serious injury dangerous.
09:50I'll do it.
09:51Doing everything else.
09:53Yeah.
09:54And then we'll be re-arrested if that changes day.
09:57Yeah.
09:58That's fine.
09:59Yeah.
10:00Lovely.
10:01I don't know if the update to you, he's not insured on it either, which is admitted to.
10:03Arrested for the insurance as well.
10:05Yeah.
10:06I'll do everything.
10:07Yeah.
10:09I'm going to arrest you on suspicion of causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
10:13Okay.
10:14And for driving without insurance.
10:15Yeah.
10:16All right.
10:17So you don't have to say anything.
10:18But it may have an offence if you do not mention when questioned something which relates
10:20with a line in court.
10:21Anything you do say may be given in evidence.
10:22Do you understand that?
10:23Mm-hm.
10:25Forensic collision investigators are now on scene.
10:28We're trying to get all the available evidence from CCTV, from the shops, the street side
10:35of the street, from the residents.
10:37We've got several residents that have seen the collision that we'll be getting statements
10:41from.
10:42And we've got several drivers that have seen the collision that we'll also be getting statements
10:46from.
10:47The crew have assessed the motorbike rider and he's got some injuries that are potentially
10:54a fracture to his leg or his foot.
10:56So he's got to go off to hospital to get checked before we can take him into our custody.
11:01So we're going to follow the ambulance down.
11:04The elderly victim has been admitted to hospital.
11:08I've just had an update from Swifty.
11:11Yeah.
11:12The chap's gone for a scan.
11:15Okay.
11:16But he's unlikely to survive.
11:17Okay.
11:18So I've told Swifty to hang on there until you arrive.
11:20Yeah.
11:21So we can see where we are with him.
11:22Okay.
11:23Nice one.
11:24The horrifying point to this scenario is that it could have been anybody that was walking
11:36down that pavement.
11:38It just so happens that the victim in this case is a chap in his nineties who lived through
11:43a world war and he gets run over by a motorbike just walking to the shop.
11:49So it really puts things into perspective that it doesn't matter where you are, who you're
11:55with, how young or old you are, that anything can happen at any time.
12:00And your whole world can change just like that.
12:06Coming up.
12:07We'll be able to absolutely see whether that bike's got any brakes or whether it hasn't.
12:12The suspect faces charges.
12:14Just take your necklace off.
12:17Yeah.
12:19And the traffic cops respond to another crash.
12:22She's coming round the corner.
12:23She's obviously lost control.
12:24Hit this wall.
12:26Involving a young, inexperienced driver.
12:29Official license holder.
12:31Oh, no one with her?
12:32No.
12:33Yeah.
12:34Yeah.
12:35Yeah.
12:36As long as we've got the contact details and we'll contact them later.
12:38Brilliant.
12:40At the scene of a serious collision between an elderly pedestrian and a young motorcyclist.
12:55Our brakes just was not going to work.
12:56Sergeant Scott Riley is leading an investigation.
12:58So he's riding a bike at excess speed with no brakes.
13:00Moving the investigation forward after today, the bike will be examined so we'll be able
13:02to absolutely see whether that bike's got any brakes or whether it hasn't.
13:04I've asked that the phone is seized so we can examine that to see if he's sent a text disclosing
13:11that he's fully aware that the brakes don't work or if he's booked that bike into a garage,
13:17which we believe he has, and he was on his way to having that bike serviced today.
13:34Lee?
13:35I'm going to ask for him to be arrested for dangerous driving.
13:39As Scott remains on scene, PC Chris Wells Jackson makes his way to the hospital.
13:46I think the motorbike riders started to realise what's occurred.
13:53He didn't seem horrendously panicked by the scenario to start off with.
13:59He seemed quite calm, but that's shock.
14:03I think shock affects everybody in different ways.
14:09The rider has been checked over at hospital.
14:12But with the elderly pedestrian in a critical condition, the rider is taken into police custody.
14:19Right, so unfortunately the other chap has died, okay?
14:26So I'm going to further arrest you on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving, okay?
14:30Just remind you that you are still under caution, do you understand?
14:33Okay.
14:34This rider's world has just collapsed in front of him.
14:38He could essentially go to prison for 15 to 20 years for causing death by dangerous driving.
14:46Also, he's got to live with it for the rest of his life knowing that he's killed someone
14:51because of a decision that he made that he shouldn't have made.
14:59Go on, Mum.
15:02Just watch your lace.
15:03As a result of what's happened, you've been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving,
15:15driving without insurance and driving otherwise in accordance with your licence.
15:20Do you have any physical illnesses or injuries?
15:23Oh, there is a broken ankle.
15:25Broken ankle.
15:26Which ankle?
15:27My right ankle.
15:29Just take your necklace off.
15:31Yeah.
15:35At some point this evening, there will be a decision sought for a charge for those offences.
15:40It might be that he gets bailed, it might be that he gets charged tonight and remanded into custody.
15:45Our main priorities now is essentially to put a good evidential case together to make sure that we've got everything we need for a prosecution.
15:56So whoever's at fault for this collision sees some justice.
16:15Excess speed contributes to around a quarter of deaths on the UK's roads.
16:23Some of the most at risk are the young and inexperienced.
16:27It's a bit windy tonight.
16:31Traffic cops Andy Swift.
16:33Hello from Porter.
16:34Have we got any details that are needed to do so far?
16:36And Alex Head are responding to reports of another crash ten miles north of Derby.
16:44It's Tango 4-3, we're sitting in 4-7.
16:48Go ahead.
16:50I'm just a summer coat, it's on 38, so I'll be a bit behind you.
16:54There's been a report of an RT sitting up to cars on its roof.
16:57It says it's skidded.
16:58I thought I've seen lots of blue lights.
17:06As Alex arrives at the scene.
17:09NA Oscar Tango 4-3.
17:11Hello, you all right?
17:13A fire crew has freed a teenage driver from her overturned car.
17:18Yeah, that's also stage six.
17:20Do you know who the driver is?
17:21The driver is just by the extra fire engine man.
17:23Right, OK.
17:25OK, thank you.
17:27Despite the extensive damage...
17:29Hello there, you all right?
17:30Yeah.
17:31How are you doing?
17:32..the young girl appears unharmed.
17:35Who's in the car with you?
17:36Me.
17:39You got a licence?
17:44I don't know, Ben.
17:46So the rules are, when you're a professional licence holder,
17:48you can only drive a vehicle when you've got a qualified driver
17:52who's sat next to you, and your vehicle must be showing L plates.
17:55In this case, neither of those things were complied with.
18:00So I've come to a single car collision.
18:02It's quite extensive damage, because it's just a single car RTC.
18:05The female driver's just lost it at some point, I don't quite know how.
18:10But she's ended up rolling and flipping the car.
18:14Luckily, she's only got minor injuries.
18:16There's just a few scratches to it, but that's about it.
18:17The problem, though, probably might explain why she's crashed,
18:22is that she's a provisional licence holder,
18:25and she didn't have anybody with her.
18:27So she's taken the choice to drive the car when she doesn't have a licence.
18:31Probably not trained, and doesn't have the skill to drive the car on her own.
18:33And this is the result.
18:36So it's a silly life choice.
18:38It's now...
18:39She's going to have lots of points on her licence,
18:41and the chances of her getting a licence and all insurance after it
18:44are very, very slim.
18:46Andy arrives on scene.
18:49Hello, you all right?
18:51Yeah.
18:53Alex, have you sought a recovery?
18:55Official licence holder.
18:57Oh, no-one with her?
18:58No.
19:00I'll get my brush, and I'll brush up,
19:01and then I'll see if I can hump my car up the side of the kerb,
19:04and then... you all right?
19:08Going 50 miles an hour.
19:10I genuinely...
19:12I could not tell you how that happened.
19:14We'll let the Prime Minute just check you over,
19:18and then we'll just take it from there.
19:19All right.
19:21How old are you?
19:2217.
19:2317, okay.
19:24Because you were technically classed as a child.
19:26Can I speak to you, Mum?
19:27I'm going to need to speak to her.
19:32Hello, there's a piece of head from Derbyshire Police.
19:35She's fine.
19:36She's absolutely...
19:37There's no issues whatsoever, we don't believe.
19:39She's got a few grazers to her hand.
19:41It's a good job.
19:42I think she was wearing a seatbelt,
19:43and she's got a bit of a ringing in her ears,
19:44like you'd imagine from being in the collision.
19:47Are you obviously aware that she shouldn't be driving?
19:50She's not got a licence.
19:52She's not passed the test.
19:53And they ask a Tango 4-3, if you can just let the highways know.
20:02I don't know if it'll be their responsibility, but there's a brick wall,
20:06which has been partially demolished.
20:08I think we'll need looking at her.
20:11She says she's come around the corner at a normal speed.
20:14She's obviously lost control.
20:15Hit this wall.
20:16And thankfully, thankfully, it's bounced her off, back into the carriageway.
20:22Because if you look over the drop over this wall, it's easily 25-foot drop.
20:27So she's a very, very lucky girl.
20:31Hopefully there's going to be some life lessons learnt,
20:33especially considering she shouldn't even be driving in the first place.
20:37If you went over there, it would most likely have been a fatality.
20:41Look how close it was.
20:42Yeah.
20:43Your bumper was literally resting on that piece of log down there.
20:49Right.
20:50You just come with me and we'll take a seat in the back of my car.
20:53So you're going to be reported for the consideration,
20:56prosecuting you for the offences of driving without a licence and driving without a chance, okay?
21:00You'd be looking at at least two.
21:19I say this a lot, but I don't often deal with criminals.
21:22But I do deal with people who make silly life choices.
21:26Are you aware it's a silly thing you've done and obviously how lucky you are?
21:31I am.
21:33Just learn from this.
21:35Yeah.
21:36Okay?
21:39I'd say if she would have just been a little bit faster,
21:42the momentum would have taken her and carried her through that wall.
21:46I hope she understands what a close call she got,
21:49because you don't get any closer than that.
21:51I don't think there's much more I can do, to be honest with you.
21:58I think...
22:00I'm about done.
22:05Right.
22:07Let's go.
22:09With the crash scene cleared, Alex takes the young driver home.
22:13Coming up...
22:20I came in a hole.
22:21Yeah.
22:22And got caught out.
22:24Another narrow escape.
22:26I was driving down here and they pulled out and went straight into the side of it.
22:30And some shocking footage...
22:33The average speed is 61 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour limit.
22:38Provides some answers in the fatal collision.
22:40It is like to go to prison for a quarter while.
22:52The day after a fatal crash involving a motorcyclist and an elderly pedestrian.
22:57Sergeant Scott Riley is leading the investigation.
23:07This is just the most horrendous set of circumstances.
23:11You've got an elderly gentleman in his 90s that's gone out to the local shop and that could have been me,
23:18could have been anyone of my family, my friends, and it's just really upsetting.
23:25Because you never know when your time's up.
23:29You can see this is the vehicle.
23:31It's going to be turning right in a second.
23:34Alex Head is reviewing some of the footage from the scene.
23:38Just pause it here.
23:39You can see the indicator for the Jaguar.
23:43That's highlighted.
23:45Wheels are starting to turn.
23:46We've got brake lights from the vehicle behind.
23:49You can also hear the high-pitched hum of the motorbike coming in.
23:55Which will be coming in from the right of the picture.
23:58Again, we've got brake lights from all these vehicles.
24:03So these vehicles are slowing down.
24:05And that one was stationary just before it started to turn.
24:08That's now started to turn.
24:11And this biker has now come down.
24:13He's travelling far too fast for the conditions.
24:17He's overtaking stationary traffic and not anticipating and not looking further enough ahead of him to see why these vehicles are slowing.
24:24Hasn't got time to brake.
24:25Hasn't got time to slow down to avoid it.
24:26So the only course you can do is to take avoiding action.
24:31But it's not enough.
24:33And he's actually clipped the front end of this Jaguar.
24:35So him and his bike are now sliding towards this pedestrian.
24:38They both slide down the road.
24:40And he takes the legs from under the member public.
24:45The force is so fast though that he's taking his legs from under him.
24:48And he's landed on the back of his head.
24:50And then we can just see that the motorbike has left picture.
24:54And this is very much how we find the scene.
24:58Chris Wells-Jackson reviews CCTV from a business opposite.
25:02It quite clearly shows the motorbike striking the pedestrian.
25:08And at the moment of impact it swivels towards the mirror that's on the wall.
25:16And that mirror for a couple of seconds just captures the impact.
25:22The motorbike has literally swept the pedestrian off the feet.
25:28And it's caused such an impact with that pedestrian into the pavement that it's broke his neck and caused some really severe head trauma.
25:35Which has ultimately led to his death unfortunately.
25:40He's 92 years old.
25:41The chap that's died.
25:43And he wouldn't have even seen or heard it coming.
25:46And in 10 years of policing, I've seen a hell of a lot of CCTV of incidents, of assaults, of collisions.
25:52And there's not many that send a shiver down my spine as to when I see the pedestrian get hit by that bike.
26:01So I've spoken to collision investigators who interviewed the suspect last night.
26:06He's been bailed with conditions not to ride or drive or be in any motor vehicle so we can safeguard the public.
26:15And he's been bailed for quite a short time span, just of three weeks.
26:19So that we can do that initial investigation into the mechanics of the bike.
26:23To see if that's in order or if there are any mechanical defects.
26:27Is there any truth in what he's saying?
26:29Do the brakes work or don't they work?
26:31I understand there's no insurance on the bike.
26:33We can't find any record as a police force that he's got a CBT.
26:38Which is a test certificate which he needs to ride a motorbike.
26:42So we'll be applying to the DVLA to see if that has or hasn't been taken.
26:47And we'll also be looking at any previous incidents of him riding to give us a pattern of behaviour prior to this collision.
26:54And it's going into that detail which will take us from a due care and attention to a definite death by dangerous driving.
27:04But it is the right thing to do that the person responsible is dealt with robustly and correctly.
27:08Helping Scott with the case is forensic collision investigator Lee Simpson.
27:16Part of my role is to analyse evidence.
27:22That's evidence at the scene, that's evidence from mechanical examinations and any other evidence that we've come to.
27:28Part of that evidence trail has been to collate CCTV footage.
27:32Lee's been examining further evidence of the motorcyclist prior to the collision.
27:38This one I'm about to show you, it comes from a public house which is three miles from the scene.
27:44So the riders seen here, using various software, I'm able to determine that his speed as he went through this area was 57 miles an hour.
27:53Which is in a, this is in a 30 mile an hour limit.
27:57It then progresses from this.
28:00This set of footage is approximately one and a half miles prior to the scene.
28:04And it's travelled over these marks, which I've used for analysis.
28:08I determined his average speed over these marks to be 54 miles an hour.
28:14The next footage that I analysed is from a premises, which is approximately 150 metres prior to the scene.
28:21And again using the same principles as previously.
28:26His average speed through this particular place was 61 miles an hour in a 30 mile an hour limit.
28:33He then continues, this is a built up area, hazards everywhere, pedestrians, members of public, cars.
28:41Then he's approaching a queue of slow moving cars, which at this point he would have a view of.
28:49At this point, his brake lights are just illuminated.
28:53So he's seen the Jaguar, trying to react to it, but can't.
29:00And then collided with the Jaguar.
29:01This is the prime CCTV footage that I've analysed.
29:08This is the scene of the collision here.
29:11The bike at this point has lost speed because we know he's on the brakes.
29:15And this area of analysis here is doing 52 miles an hour.
29:18The motorcycle hits the front offside of a Jaguar.
29:23He's become detached from his machine.
29:25The machine is slithing down the road surface and the rider himself has struck the pedestrian.
29:30As the pedestrian is walking with his back to us.
29:33I understand he's undocumented.
29:35So he's got no licence.
29:36He has no insurance.
29:38Shouldn't have been on it.
29:39Claims it had a mechanical defect.
29:40Yet, for reasons best known to him, he's chosen to ride at speeds well above a speed limit.
29:46And I know if my brakes were defective on a vehicle,
29:49A, I wouldn't be driving it or riding it.
29:51And B, I certainly wouldn't be doing twice the speed limit.
29:54So, who knows what his thought pattern was, why he would choose to put himself at risk like that.
29:59He's not only risking other people, he's risking his own neck.
30:02But nevertheless, he's done that.
30:04And he's going to have to explain that in court.
30:06As a young lad, done something very stupid, he's likely to go to prison for quite a while.
30:14And it's such a shame because it was wholly avoidable.
30:18And it's ruined his life.
30:20Killed somebody else.
30:22Crazy.
30:23Crazy.
30:25With over a thousand collisions occurring across Derbyshire every year.
30:39Tango-4-3.
30:40Season, thank you.
30:42Officers like Alex Head are the first to decide if a prosecution is necessary.
30:47necessary. There's a two car RTC. One car apparently on its side with leaking fluid. Not sure whether
30:58there's anybody trapped but it should be there. Probably there by now.
31:10As Alex reaches the scene, fire crews have freed an elderly couple and a male in his
31:15twenties from the cars. The crash, it looks like carnage. You know, there's a car on its side
31:22and alarm bells are ringing and everyone's thinking the worst.
31:34Hello there, you all right? Were you in one of these vehicles? You were in the red one.
31:40Who's in the white one?
31:42The blue top, the high vis in his chest.
31:46Right, it's okay. All right then, lovely stuff.
31:49What?
31:50Yes.
31:51Oh, er, were you in the east white vehicle?
31:54Yeah.
31:55Right, okay.
31:56The 87 year old man was driving the red vehicle.
32:00So, we've got these two guys that are from the red car and then yourself, the driver
32:05of that one.
32:05Yeah.
32:06Lovely, thank you very much.
32:07Yeah.
32:08So, what's been happening?
32:10Well, I was driving down here and they pulled out and went straight to the side of me and
32:15then I'm on the side.
32:17Okay.
32:18Any injuries for yourself?
32:20Er, I think just my elbow.
32:22Just your elbow.
32:23It was a bit funny, but...
32:24Okay.
32:25You're moving it at the minute?
32:26Yeah.
32:27Okay.
32:28As first on scene, Scott's been gathering statements.
32:32So, what an initial witness has told me is that the driver of the red car, with his
32:37passions there, come out of the junction, hit the young lad who's in the uniform, he's
32:43a single occupant, so we've literally got an elderly male that's pulled out.
32:48Nobody's mentioned any intimation of alcohol or anything like that.
32:53I'll get recovery ordered.
32:55Yes.
32:56I think it's just one of those.
32:57Looks a lot worse than it is.
32:58Yeah.
32:59I'm not going to...
33:00Fire officers are doing a great job of looking after him.
33:02I'm not going to interrupt why.
33:03No.
33:04There's an ambulance coming for him, so we'll just get his details once all is sorted.
33:07Yeah.
33:08It's obviously his fault, isn't it?
33:10I think it was quite a slow speed impact, because both vehicles have pretty much remained
33:14in situ from this junction.
33:16I've been to numerous jobs since joining traffic involving old people, and you've got to have
33:25an honest and frank conversation with them about their ability to drive.
33:30You're going to have that subtle conversation.
33:32Yes.
33:33I don't know if now's the time.
33:34No.
33:35But I'll certainly...
33:36I might pop back either tomorrow, because it needs to be had.
33:41It doesn't really get much open and wider than this junction.
33:45No.
33:46I don't know.
33:47Drive me the red vehicle.
33:51Hello.
33:52My name's Alex, okay?
33:54I'm a police officer.
33:56Just wanted to find out a bit about what's happened.
33:58Can you remember?
34:00I am a total idiot.
34:02It's as simple as that.
34:03OK.
34:04The red car is mine.
34:05Yep.
34:06It's leaving.
34:08Yep.
34:09I'll be waiting here.
34:11And got a lot of traffic going backwards and forwards.
34:14and forwards yep watching there a big long clear bit here yep watching for a gap that way yep saw a
34:24gap yep i didn't look that way nothing okay so as i came in a hurry yep and got caught out okay
34:37okay well it is just a chunk of metal it's just a chunk of metal and no one's been seriously injured
34:50okay so don't don't worry about it too much all right
34:56so two car rtc slow speed crash the driver of the red toyota and he's pulling out of this junction
35:03it's probably under a bit of pressure to pull out because it was quite a busy road so he's pulled
35:08out he's collided with the vw up he says he's not been able to see it so what we'll be doing now is
35:13inform the gvla he's had an accident and then they'll get in touch with him and potentially
35:17wanted to get put him through a test again just to make sure he's fit and healthy and able to drive
35:21on the roads coming up can't just give him a free pass because he's he's an elderly gentleman
35:33tough conversations how are we doing are you okay
35:38and the investigation into the fatal motorbike collision concludes
35:43he could have had a collision anywhere on this road i did not collided there
35:46a few weeks after an elderly driver crashed into another car as he pulled out of a t-junction
36:07alex head is tasked with asking the man to voluntarily surrender his license
36:11he's 87 at the end of the day i think it comes to us all um your reactions slow your visibility
36:20changes your ability to assess risk um and danger changes so i've got a form for him to fill in if
36:28he wants if he feels that is appropriate if he's still adamant he wants to be driving then we'll look
36:32to prosecute him for driving without due care and attention but we can't just give him a free pass
36:37because he's he's an elderly gentleman some people take it on board others defend it and fight it and
36:48will not listen to you which is extremely frustrating
36:51how are we doing are you okay very good very good failing to look properly contributes to over 40
37:07of collisions involving drivers over the age of 70. all right then take care bye-bye unfortunately
37:14there's a lot of elderly drivers who just shouldn't be driving that's the simple fact of it it's a sad fact
37:20but there's a time and there's a place for people to stop driving and a lot of people don't know when
37:27that is it's their it's their last aspect of freedom just to jump in your car and go whenever and wherever
37:34you want so people are very reluctant to give up the licenses he still is adamant that he can drive that
37:43vehicle safely and he's obviously still a very intelligent man who's got more about it than some
37:51of the 20 year olds that i end up dealing with however in his own admission i don't think his body
37:58is running at quite the same speed as his brain and i think this is where it starts becoming a bit
38:04dangerous because he still thinks he's able to drive and i don't think his body is in that position
38:10i'd question his his ability should a child jump out in the middle of the road
38:16and his reactions to be able to stop and put doing emergency stop in time would be my main concern
38:23so he's going to be reported for driving without due care and attention we're going to be submitting a
38:28form to the dvla for them to assess his eyesight and his medical records and see if there's anything on
38:35there which is ringing alarm bells um and he'll have to have just live with some points on his license
38:41and hopefully it'll take on board with some of the things i've said
38:56six weeks after a fatal collision involving a motorcyclist and a 92 year old pedestrian
39:02crash investigator lee simpson and vehicle examiner rob finch are investigating the rider's claim that
39:08his brakes were faulty the rider didn't engage emergency braking he left no locked tire marks
39:16now that could be because his brakes were defective or which is more likely is that his speed was such
39:22that he left himself insufficient distance and time to be able to engage emergency braking so what rob will
39:29do rob will check it now physically to make sure there are no leaks nothing immediately apparent to
39:33suggest why the brakes wouldn't work i can see that the front brake all its components caliper the brake
39:40pipe there's no leaks and the fluid level is satisfactory right moving on to the rear brake i can see
39:48there's no leaks there's no hydraulic leaks whatsoever on the rear brake and there's plenty of fluid within
39:54there if the fluid drains out and then you get air in there then it will not operate the caliper i'll try
40:01the pedal uh travel and the fluid level is okay the pipes there's no leaks the caliper's all dry
40:09so this brake should operate pressing the pedal the rear wheel is braking
40:16as you can see and the pedal travel is satisfactory that's operating so his claim that he had no braking is
40:31false and we've now proven that they were operative
40:39with the case against the rider nearing its conclusion lee revisits the scene
40:44our rider was a young lad for reasons best known to himself has chosen to ride
40:51at ridiculous speeds he chose to to exceed the speed limit grossly
40:58and presented with the situation in front of him that he couldn't or he had insufficient distance and
41:04time to be able to react appropriately we're now approaching the the collision site it's a 30 mile an
41:11hour limit um as you can see we've got pedestrian crossings junctions everywhere residential premises
41:19commercial premises hazards everywhere nothing supports ever would want to ride down here at 60
41:25mile an hour plus it's 30 mile an hour for a reason to keep you safe the collision site's coming up we've
41:32got another pedestrian crossing which continue at 61 mile an hour so our rider offers his opportunity
41:38to break and stop accordingly the junction to our near side garages commercial premises on the offside
41:46a pub hazards galore we're at the collision point now our rider was doing 52 miles an hour at this point
41:55we can see it's it's a busy residential area there's all sorts of other vulnerable
42:00vulnerable road users not to mention vehicles he could have had a collision anywhere on this road
42:05had he not collided there and if it had continued riding about speed in the manner that he chose
42:11it's just a question of time for it as a collision he should only ride such that he can stop at the
42:17distance he can see to be clear he clearly couldn't do that this speed has ultimately given him
42:23insufficient time and distance to react accordingly and that's why he's collided
42:35on average five people are killed on the uk's roads every day when you first come to your first fatal
42:48it's one of those jobs those incidents that you always remember in your policing career but your
42:53training just sort of takes over the thing i find difficult about dealing with fatal incidents is
42:59not necessarily the things that i'm faced with at the scene but it's that emotional connection there
43:06that somebody's loved one and even if you do a really good investigation and somebody is found
43:15responsible it's still not going to bring that person back and it's still not going to change the
43:20upset and trauma that that family is going to go through and it's that that i find really difficult to
43:26to process in this episode i just got booked into going for a service the young motorcycle rider
43:39involved in the fatal collision that killed a 92 year old man pleaded guilty to causing death by
43:45dangerous driving and riding whilst uninsured and unlicensed he was sentenced to six years in prison
43:52and an eight-year driving ban i've genuinely i could not tell you how that happened the 17 year old girl
44:04who collided with a wall flipping her car upside down was charged with driving otherwise than in
44:09accordance with a license and driving without insurance she received six points on her license and a 300
44:18pound fine i don't look that way nothing and the 87 year old man who pulled out of a t-junction and hit a
44:27young man's car knocking it onto its side refused alex's advice to voluntarily surrender his license
44:34and was referred to a driving awareness program for driving without due care and attention
44:50so
44:52and
44:56so
44:58you
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