2025/28732 - Road Rage-Related Assaults 2019-2025

REQUEST

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please provide the following information relating specifically to incidents of road rage, defined for the purposes of this request as incidents arising from disputes or aggression between drivers or passengers of vehicles on the road, which escalate into threats or physical assaults.

I appreciate that incidents may not always be recorded explicitly as "road rage". In such cases, please include incidents where your records or incident logs reference aggressive or violent interactions specifically involving vehicle users in traffic-related confrontations.

Please provide data for each month and calendar year separately, from 2019 to the most recent data available (2025), including:

1. Total number of recorded road rage incidents (or incidents matching the definition above).
2. The number of these incidents involving an assault, broken down by the following categories:
• Common Assault
• Assault occasioning Actual Bodily Harm (ABH)
• Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH)
• Other violent offences arising directly from road rage incidents (please specify clearly if used).
3. Age and gender of offenders identified in connection with these incidents, broken down by year and by category of assault where possible.
4. Incident outcomes, including but not limited to:
• Arrests made
• Charges brought
• Cautions issued
• Community resolutions
• No further action (NFA) decisions
• Any other outcomes recorded.

Please provide outcomes broken down by assault category and by year.

Clarifications:

• If your systems do not directly record or classify incidents as “road rage”, please conduct keyword searches or similar analytical methods to identify incidents clearly matching the provided definition. If conducting such a search would exceed cost limits under FOIA, please advise on how this request might be narrowed to remain compliant.
• If precise age or gender details cannot be provided due to privacy or resource constraints, please provide the information in age bands (e.g., 16-25, 26-35, etc.), and gender data only if easily accessible without extensive manual checking.

RESPONSE