2021/24539 - Road Rage

REQUEST

Under the Freedom Of Information Act I would like to request the following data for the last 5 calendar years:

1) The number of reported crimes which mentioned “road rage” in the MO field of the crime report

2) A brief summary of each reported crime listed in your answer to question 1

3) The number of road traffic accidents recorded with a contributing factor of “aggressive driving” (code 601)

4) If it is within the time/cost limit of the FOI Act, a brief summary of the incidents listed in your answer to question 3

 

RESPONSE

I have used the committed date to capture the data for answer in part 1. 

I have used keyword search 'road rage'.

We do not have data prior to 2017.

 

• The number of reported crimes which mentioned “road rage” in the MO field of the crime report

Years	Date	Total
2017	Jan	7
	Feb	7
	Mar	8
	Apr	8
	May	11
	Jun	10
	Jul	11
	Aug	5
	Sep	10
	Oct	6
	Nov	12
	Dec	13
2017 Total		108
2018	Jan	10
	Feb	18
	Mar	18
	Apr	8
	May	14
	Jun	19
	Jul	12
	Aug	14
	Sep	12
	Oct	9
	Nov	12
	Dec	7
2018 Total		153
2019	Jan	15
	Feb	9
	Mar	14
	Apr	14
	May	8
	Jun	13
	Jul	18
	Aug	12
	Sep	11
	Oct	5
	Nov	7
	Dec	6
2019 Total		132
2020	Jan	12
	Feb	10
	Mar	6
	Apr	3
	May	4
	Jun	7
	Jul	5
	Aug	7
	Sep	3
	Oct	3
	Nov	7
	Dec	7
2020 Total		74
2021	Jan	4
	Feb	5
	Mar	6
	Apr	11
	May	8
	Jun	12
	Jul	8
	Aug	10
	Sep	19
	Oct	6
2021 Total		89
Grand Total		556

 

 

2) A brief summary of each reported crime listed in your answer to question 1.

 

Unfortunately, we cannot answer this request as it will exceed the 18-hour time limit to complete a request. In the time frame requested, there have been 556 offences. In order to retrieve the data, each record would need to be reviewed. It would take approximately five minutes to review each individual record, which would equate to 46 hours of research. Therefore, a Section 12 Excess Cost exemption has been applied.

 

Section 12 – Excess Cost

 

The exemption applicable to the information you have requested for this question can be found at Section 12(1) of the Act and this refusal notice is issued under Section 17.

 

Section 12(1) “does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.” 

 

In the case of a police force, the appropriate limit is set at £450, which is calculated at £25 per hour (i.e. 18 hours). Gwent Police would have to conduct a manual search to find and extract the information for this question. This would take more than 18 hours of staff time therefore we are unable to answer this question and the exemption is engaged.

 

 

3) The number of road traffic accidents recorded with a contributing factor of “aggressive driving” (code 601)

 

2016: 31                 2017: 22                 2018: 32

2019: 17                 2020: 22                 2021: 12

 

 

4) If it is within the time/cost limit of the FOI Act, a brief summary of the incidents listed in your answer to question 3

 

 

 

Unfortunately, we cannot answer this request as it will exceed the 18-hour time limit to complete a request. In the time frame requested, there have been 136 occurrences. In order to retrieve the data, each record would need to be reviewed & redacted. It would take approximately twenty minutes to review each individual record, which would equate to 45 hours of research. Therefore, a Section 12 Excess Cost exemption has been applied.

 

Section 12 – Excess Cost

 

The exemption applicable to the information you have requested for this question can be found at Section 12(1) of the Act and this refusal notice is issued under Section 17.

 

Section 12(1) “does not oblige a public authority to comply with a request for information if the authority estimates that the cost of complying with the request would exceed the appropriate limit.” 

 

In the case of a police force, the appropriate limit is set at £450, which is calculated at £25 per hour (i.e. 18 hours). Gwent Police would have to conduct a manual search to find and extract the information for this question. This would take more than 18 hours of staff time therefore we are unable to answer this question and the exemption is engaged.