0:00:02 > 0:00:05'13 million motoring offences every year.'
0:00:05 > 0:00:07He's gone through a wall,
0:00:07 > 0:00:10he's taken out a power cable and it has somersaulted on to its roof.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13'More than 200,000 crashes and accidents.
0:00:14 > 0:00:19'The nation's traffic police patrol across 250,000 miles of road.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23'Tonight...
0:00:27 > 0:00:32'Yorkshire's traffic cops and a crash caused by a mobile phone...'
0:00:32 > 0:00:35That has just come out of the car and it's been on.
0:00:35 > 0:00:37'Runaway occupants... '
0:00:38 > 0:00:40'Staking out... '
0:00:40 > 0:00:43Oh, movement. Guy. White male.
0:00:43 > 0:00:46'..and locking up criminals on Britain's roads.
0:00:51 > 0:00:55'And the new way police are collecting official evidence
0:00:55 > 0:00:57'on head cams.'
0:00:58 > 0:01:00Get that camera out of my face now!
0:01:00 > 0:01:04'Recording the action as the traffic cops see it happen.'
0:01:04 > 0:01:07A picture paints a thousand words. A great bit of kit.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08'Chases caught on camera...'
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Get off me!
0:01:11 > 0:01:13'..and arrests.'
0:01:13 > 0:01:16Put your hands up on the dashboard now. Put your hands up.
0:01:16 > 0:01:19You get this little cold shiver and you think, right, we are on.
0:01:28 > 0:01:30It's 4.00pm in Hull.
0:01:32 > 0:01:36Regional Roads Crime Team officers Dave Smith and Mick Roffe
0:01:36 > 0:01:38are on patrol in an unmarked car.
0:01:41 > 0:01:43We've been working in the Humberside area as a team
0:01:43 > 0:01:47and we were travelling back to our home base and we started to
0:01:47 > 0:01:51get little bits of information on the police radios to intercept a vehicle.
0:02:06 > 0:02:09It's a report of a cash in transit robbery.
0:02:10 > 0:02:14A hold-up of a security van transporting large sums of money.
0:02:15 > 0:02:17One, six.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- To where?- Lofthouse, top deck.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26At the level we work at, people do carry firearms and the risk is there.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28It's a very real risk.
0:02:28 > 0:02:32People within this region have been shot and killed whilst on duty
0:02:32 > 0:02:35and that is probably as dangerous as our job gets.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39It's as real as it gets. It does go through your mind.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42They are trying to trace a black Honda
0:02:42 > 0:02:44that's been involved in a serious crime.
0:03:02 > 0:03:05We are just travelling towards the West Yorkshire area from Humberside.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08We've had information from our back office that a vehicle
0:03:08 > 0:03:10has been involved in an armed robbery
0:03:10 > 0:03:13and a firearm has been produced earlier on today.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16An ANPR camera has caught them coming back into the region.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21ANPR, or automatic number plate recognition cameras,
0:03:21 > 0:03:23can read number plates.
0:03:25 > 0:03:28Linked to the police database, the system triggers
0:03:28 > 0:03:30when it clocks a wanted vehicle.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36One-six, you've got four cars now on this back-to-back.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38We are just approaching Rothwell.
0:03:39 > 0:03:40Westbound.
0:03:40 > 0:03:44A convoy of four police cars is heading for the target vehicle.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48We are in an unmarked car so the marked cars will lead
0:03:48 > 0:03:52and that gives us more opportunity to cut through the traffic, if you like.
0:03:52 > 0:03:57And we can move quicker as a team than we can as individual officers.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59Keep your eyes peeled, pal.
0:04:01 > 0:04:04Further along the motorway, PCs Wayne Sanderson
0:04:04 > 0:04:07and Martin Micklethwaite are also alerted.
0:04:08 > 0:04:12At the minute, we've obviously been deployed to this junction.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16We've got another two cars at the junction behind us at 28.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19What we are doing now is we are going to take
0:04:19 > 0:04:22obs on the carriageway for this vehicle.
0:04:24 > 0:04:26Go on, mate. Cover the exit slip.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30It's just here, isn't it?
0:04:31 > 0:04:35Where are you going to cover it from? Unless you get on that mound of there.
0:04:39 > 0:04:41With the nature of the job,
0:04:41 > 0:04:45the words "armed robbery" are instantly on your head.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48You are thinking, what am I going to come up against when we,
0:04:48 > 0:04:51or if we stop that vehicle?
0:04:51 > 0:04:54There is potential that they are going to produce a firearm,
0:04:54 > 0:04:57produce a knife and we've got to be on the ball.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03There are many escape routes for the Honda driver.
0:05:04 > 0:05:08We have split the team to various different junctions
0:05:08 > 0:05:10to cover various bases.
0:05:10 > 0:05:14We are aware that the vehicle has travelled on the M62,
0:05:14 > 0:05:16but it can come off at any junction.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Now, police intelligence has produced important information.
0:05:25 > 0:05:26We knew what the car was,
0:05:26 > 0:05:29we knew it was a black Honda Civic and we knew the registration.
0:05:29 > 0:05:32So we had a good idea who was driving it.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34We had an idea of what addresses he frequents
0:05:34 > 0:05:36and we could go and look at those.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41We are going to try and get in a position at the home addresses
0:05:41 > 0:05:45and then we'll stand by, pending any movement of that vehicle.
0:05:45 > 0:05:48And then hopefully officers will come and force the doors
0:05:48 > 0:05:51and make entry and arrest the people, all being well.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56What's that Civic there?
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Just get after that. That's the Civic, isn't it?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03No, it's not. Sorry, mate.
0:06:03 > 0:06:05You are trying to look down every side street,
0:06:05 > 0:06:08look up in the distance and every little car that comes up
0:06:08 > 0:06:11that could be a Civic from a distance, a black one certainly.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14You start to look at all sorts of cars and you find yourself
0:06:14 > 0:06:19checking umpteen cars before you potentially find the one.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Keep them peeled for a Civic.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23You are in that mindset. It's up to you, really.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26You are the only car looking. It's all on you. The pressure is on you.
0:06:26 > 0:06:29And you've got to do your best to try and locate that car.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33Try your best not to look like a police car
0:06:33 > 0:06:35because they will all be telling each other.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Mick spots another car that might fit the description.
0:06:44 > 0:06:47There's a Civic there.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50Is that it? Don't lose it, Dave, that Civic, pal.
0:07:01 > 0:07:04It is a black Honda, but with the wrong registration.
0:07:09 > 0:07:11With multiple police units
0:07:11 > 0:07:13now hunting the suspected armed criminals,
0:07:13 > 0:07:15will they be able to track them down?
0:07:23 > 0:07:26It's 7.30pm in Bradford
0:07:26 > 0:07:31and traffic cops James Alderton and Paul Crabtree are on patrol.
0:07:34 > 0:07:35No.
0:07:38 > 0:07:41They are looking for vehicles that may be involved in crime
0:07:41 > 0:07:44and spot something suspicious.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49There was a low-value car, a couple of lads in it,
0:07:49 > 0:07:53not particularly well kept, that passed us in the other direction.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57James spun the car around and we set off to go and stop it.
0:08:01 > 0:08:03Before we'd even put any blue lights on,
0:08:03 > 0:08:05as we've turned around to go and get behind it,
0:08:05 > 0:08:08it has seen us turn and started to accelerate away from us.
0:08:08 > 0:08:09Tango 58 - urgent.
0:08:09 > 0:08:13This might be a pool car, one car owned by many,
0:08:13 > 0:08:16often used for criminality.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Basically, a group of lads can put together for a car.
0:08:19 > 0:08:21We call it a pool car.
0:08:21 > 0:08:24They don't register it. They probably won't insure it properly.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26And if it gets taken off them by us,
0:08:26 > 0:08:28it's not going to cost them any money.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30They won't recover it, so it's cheap motoring.
0:08:30 > 0:08:32This vehicle in front of us we're trying to stop
0:08:32 > 0:08:33is just making off from us.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36We got up behind it and as we came close behind,
0:08:36 > 0:08:40all the blues were lit up at that point and he pulled over.
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Stand by.
0:08:44 > 0:08:46Stay there.
0:08:46 > 0:08:48As I got out, and we've told him,
0:08:48 > 0:08:51stay where you are and get your keys out, he's set off again.
0:08:55 > 0:08:56Tango 58. Urgent.
0:08:56 > 0:09:00We've got a vehicle which failed to stop for us on Barkerend Road in Bradford.
0:09:00 > 0:09:01Speed is 45 miles per hour.
0:09:01 > 0:09:04Road conditions are quiet.
0:09:04 > 0:09:06You get almost, it's like a cold shiver and you think,
0:09:06 > 0:09:07right, we are on.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12We don't want him to get into the backstreets.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17We are on Barkerend Road out of the city. Speed - four zero.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Vehicle is being driven by an Asian male
0:09:20 > 0:09:23with a hat with those stupid black things on it.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27Approaching junction on Killinghall Road.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29Red lights. Stand by. Stand by.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31It's a right, right, right on to Killinghall Road.
0:09:34 > 0:09:36You can't drive like that on the roads.
0:09:36 > 0:09:40He didn't give a damn about the pedestrians, he doesn't give a damn about the other vehicles
0:09:40 > 0:09:43and he doesn't really care about his mates in the car either.
0:09:43 > 0:09:47He's heading for the built-up backstreets of Bradford.
0:09:47 > 0:09:51Here, the cops need permission to continue a chase
0:09:51 > 0:09:53that could turn dangerous.
0:10:06 > 0:10:08It was early evening. There were kids playing out.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11It's too tight and narrow for somebody who is attempting
0:10:11 > 0:10:14to get away from the police to be driving down at full speed.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17All it takes is somebody to step out of a back gate into an alleyway
0:10:17 > 0:10:20as he's coming down and we've got a fatal accident.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22And left down Radnor Street, which is a dead-end.
0:10:22 > 0:10:26Stand by for a possible decamp. He's paving it. He might go.
0:10:26 > 0:10:30Approaching the end of Radnor Street and we've got a bailout.
0:10:35 > 0:10:38They split. There were three of them in the car.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41But we picked the driver out. I got my eye on him and it's a case of getting the driver.
0:10:41 > 0:10:44The other two, if you can get them, it's a bonus.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47Bear in mind, he's in trainers and tracksuit bottoms and I've
0:10:47 > 0:10:50got big boots on and I'm lumbered down with a stab vest and the like.
0:10:50 > 0:10:52So they are at an advantage to start with.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56There's a reason why he's not stopped.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59Because you don't drive off and do that for no reason.
0:10:59 > 0:11:01So we want to find out what that is.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Paul sets off after the runaway driver.
0:11:13 > 0:11:16Dave and Mick are hunting a black Honda
0:11:16 > 0:11:19that they believe has been used in an armed robbery.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24It could be in here somewhere.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Mick wears his specially-fitted head cam,
0:11:31 > 0:11:34catching potential evidence from his point of view.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39The head cam is capturing exactly what we see.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44What you see through the head cam, we see with our own eyes,
0:11:44 > 0:11:47and it's a great evidential tool. It just gives us that edge.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51How nice would it be just to drop out of it now?
0:11:53 > 0:11:56We had had a good ride round that particular area,
0:11:56 > 0:11:58which was Middleton in Leeds.
0:11:59 > 0:12:01We had not seen the car.
0:12:01 > 0:12:06So the longer time goes on, the less chance you get of this car appearing.
0:12:07 > 0:12:09Right, well, we are going to hedge our bets.
0:12:09 > 0:12:12So we decided, look, we have looked at addresses, we've had a good
0:12:12 > 0:12:15look around, we can't find it, let's retrace our steps.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18Let's go back to where we think it might have been initially.
0:12:21 > 0:12:23Civic there.
0:12:24 > 0:12:26Is that a Civic?
0:12:26 > 0:12:29Straightaway, there's a car fitting the description we're looking for.
0:12:35 > 0:12:38- That's it.- Keep going.- I'm excited.
0:12:38 > 0:12:41I'm thinking, fantastic, we've got it, we've done our job,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43we've got the car, we are on.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Now there is a job in it. Now, we can do something with it.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50One-six. Contact on the subject vehicle which is stationary
0:12:50 > 0:12:52and unattended outside the connected address.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54Team acknowledge.
0:13:02 > 0:13:07You get almost elation and you think, fantastic, we've done our bit,
0:13:07 > 0:13:10it's all falling into place, today looks on our side,
0:13:10 > 0:13:13the bad guys are going to lose and we are now starting to win again.
0:13:15 > 0:13:18What they are trying to do now is, we are going to try
0:13:18 > 0:13:22and keep observations on that vehicle and the property as best we can
0:13:22 > 0:13:24and make sure nobody leaves.
0:13:24 > 0:13:27In our unmarked car, stay sneaky, sneaky out of the way as best we can.
0:13:27 > 0:13:31We are trying to get some officers down to us as quickly as we can.
0:13:31 > 0:13:35An entry team and as many resources as we can to surround the property.
0:13:36 > 0:13:39We are in a really limited window here.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43Really limited because we're going to outstay our welcome quite quickly.
0:13:45 > 0:13:48It is an unmarked car, but criminality know our cars.
0:13:48 > 0:13:49They're not stupid.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52They know we run in unmarked cars and they also know what they look like.
0:13:52 > 0:13:55And our cars are seen around this area quite regularly
0:13:55 > 0:13:59so you have only got a limited window, if you like,
0:13:59 > 0:14:01before somebody picks up the phone
0:14:01 > 0:14:04and says, "There's a police car down from your house, mate".
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Backup still hasn't arrived
0:14:08 > 0:14:10when they see something happening at the house.
0:14:12 > 0:14:16Oh, movement. Guy. White male, thickset, driver's seat.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19There is movement from the address.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22A person enters the driver's door of the Civic. Stand by.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25Heavy-set white male. Blue T-shirt.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30A man and woman set off in the Honda.
0:14:32 > 0:14:34We have a positive sighting of this vehicle.
0:14:36 > 0:14:39These guys are potentially involved in an armed robbery
0:14:39 > 0:14:41and we are sat there on our own.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46The adrenaline is going and you are thinking all the time, what could happen?
0:14:46 > 0:14:49You are just trying to remain as alert as possible, not miss a thing.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52and really be the eyes and ears of the team that are
0:14:52 > 0:14:54coming towards you to help you.
0:14:54 > 0:14:57One-six. Yes, vehicle is mobile on Lanshaw View
0:14:57 > 0:15:00towards Town Street at Middleton.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Mick and Dave must not lose the driver.
0:15:08 > 0:15:10I believe there are marked units in the area.
0:15:10 > 0:15:13Our intention is to stop this vehicle
0:15:13 > 0:15:16as it travels right on to Newhall Road.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20The speed is two-zero. Newhall Road generally towards Manor Farm Drive.
0:15:20 > 0:15:22Any marked units, acknowledge.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28With a strong chance of a gun inside the target vehicle,
0:15:28 > 0:15:31they decide to hold back until more police turn up.
0:15:34 > 0:15:36It is a kind of a cops and robbers game.
0:15:36 > 0:15:39You've got to be thinking one step ahead.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43You've got to try and do the best you can to apprehend these people.
0:15:44 > 0:15:47- What if he's going to one of these other addresses?- Yes.
0:15:48 > 0:15:52It is straight on, straight on, still Winrose Drive.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55- Back towards the main road. - Two behind.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58We were following the car covertly
0:15:58 > 0:16:00and the marked cars have come up behind us.
0:16:02 > 0:16:05Come through now. Let him through. Just put it on, Dave.
0:16:06 > 0:16:09They are coming through. They are coming through.
0:16:14 > 0:16:15Hands on the dashboard.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18Get your hands upon the dashboard now. Get your hands up.
0:16:18 > 0:16:20You're under arrest for an armed robbery this morning.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Get your hands out.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Yes, sweetheart. You are under arrest under the same offence.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Suspicion of an armed robbery that took place this morning.
0:16:35 > 0:16:38You are not expecting to see that kind of person in that vehicle.
0:16:43 > 0:16:45Would you mind searching this lady, please?
0:16:45 > 0:16:46Of course. No worries, my love.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51She's saying she doesn't know what any of it is about
0:16:51 > 0:16:54but there is clearly some cash on display in the top of her handbag.
0:16:54 > 0:16:57It has all been left and it will be in scene situ
0:16:57 > 0:16:59for SOCO to do a full forensic recovery of it.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02We are not going to touch it, but nevertheless, I've seen the cash.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I've got nothing in my pockets.
0:17:07 > 0:17:10You are looking really for any kind of forensic evidence
0:17:10 > 0:17:14that could link them to the incident, the robbery itself.
0:17:14 > 0:17:17So we leave everything in situ and it can be done in a sterile area.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Handcuffed in the Honda, the driver shows no signs of cooperating.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Get your arms from the side of the seat now. Stop messing about.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29- I've just took my belt off, that's all.- Last warning.
0:17:32 > 0:17:35The head cam captures me moving around.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37It captures what I'm looking at, what I'm focusing at.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39And ultimately, on this, you are sizing people up,
0:17:39 > 0:17:42and all the time you are just checking what's going on
0:17:42 > 0:17:45and forming your own risk assessments,
0:17:45 > 0:17:48if you like, as to who are these people, are they dangerous,
0:17:48 > 0:17:50do they look like they've got weapons on them?
0:17:50 > 0:17:53And the head cam gives you that view, which is great.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Word quickly spreads around the neighbourhood.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09You are causing grief for yourself here, aren't you? Disappear off now.
0:18:09 > 0:18:12The estate where we were working is a tight-knit community.
0:18:14 > 0:18:18These two lads walking by happened to know the occupants of the car.
0:18:18 > 0:18:20The driver was saying, get to my house,
0:18:20 > 0:18:23go and speak to whoever at my house.
0:18:23 > 0:18:26For us, that is a coded message to say get around the house
0:18:26 > 0:18:29and hide any evidence that's there of any of these offences.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32These are just two of 300 arrests
0:18:32 > 0:18:35the West Yorkshire cops make every day.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38- Anything in your pockets made?- No.
0:18:39 > 0:18:42- Oh, well, there is a job in it, Dave.- About time.
0:18:42 > 0:18:45- About time we had a little job, pal, isn't it?- A little jobette!
0:18:49 > 0:18:53Later, addresses connected to the suspects are searched.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58There is evidence that they've been spending large amounts of money.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05There are drugs and firearms.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13The Honda driver now faces charges in relation to the robbery.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Ten miles west in Bradford...
0:19:25 > 0:19:27the runaway car passengers have got away.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Paul is chasing the driver.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39The foot chase ends in an alleyway.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42He was crouched down behind a wheelie bin.
0:19:42 > 0:19:45He was looking left to right to see where I was coming from
0:19:45 > 0:19:48and his little flaps were flapping up and down.
0:19:48 > 0:19:51So I could see him coming from behind the wheelie bin.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53OK, just grab a seat.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55He's in our car, he's cuffed.
0:19:55 > 0:19:58We can then start looking at what we've got, search the vehicle.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04Unfortunately, we've lost the other two, the two passengers for now,
0:20:04 > 0:20:07although I believe a helicopter's coming to have a look.
0:20:07 > 0:20:09With it happening so quick, the description's quite loose,
0:20:09 > 0:20:11but what we'll do now - we'll check the vehicle,
0:20:11 > 0:20:14which has obviously got other things in it it shouldn't have.
0:20:14 > 0:20:16Do some background checks on him,
0:20:16 > 0:20:20and the car and then see what we've got to deal with.
0:20:20 > 0:20:22The reason why he ran away is becoming clearer.
0:20:24 > 0:20:28We've just found some plates inside the vehicle
0:20:28 > 0:20:29that don't relate to this car.
0:20:30 > 0:20:32There are several reasons they might be in there.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35It might be his friend's who he's taking home with his new plates,
0:20:35 > 0:20:37but that's probably not likely.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39As it turns out, those plates that were in there
0:20:39 > 0:20:41had been stolen overnight from another vehicle.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44It goes back to the pool car mentality.
0:20:44 > 0:20:47They've got a car they don't want to put a lot of money in
0:20:47 > 0:20:48that they can run for cheap.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57While they check if it is an illegal pool car, a crowd turns up.
0:20:57 > 0:20:59Hello!
0:20:59 > 0:21:00Oi! Move!
0:21:02 > 0:21:05Oi, shift, all of you. Go away, now.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07THEY SHOUT AND JEER
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Welcome to Bradford.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15Young lads.
0:21:15 > 0:21:18They want to come round, look at the police car. Let them get on with it.
0:21:18 > 0:21:19It's not going to bother us.
0:21:21 > 0:21:23SHOUTING
0:21:23 > 0:21:25It's like nothing like this has ever happened round here.
0:21:25 > 0:21:27This happens all the time.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31The thing is, in tight-knit communities,
0:21:31 > 0:21:34he's been seen in the back of the car, news will travel,
0:21:34 > 0:21:36parents, uncles, things like that will find out about it.
0:21:36 > 0:21:38He's probably going to have an uncomfortable time
0:21:38 > 0:21:41when he gets home, more so than he will from us.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45The checks indicate that the driver may be involved
0:21:45 > 0:21:48in at least three more separate offences.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53There are some plates and number plates in the car,
0:21:53 > 0:21:55which we need to account for.
0:21:55 > 0:21:58What's going to happen now is you're going to be arrested, OK?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01You're going to be arrested for... The main thing is dangerous driving
0:22:01 > 0:22:04and driving otherwise than in accordance with a licence,
0:22:04 > 0:22:07only provisional, and no insurance, OK?
0:22:07 > 0:22:10And at the minute, for theft of the motor vehicle,
0:22:10 > 0:22:12but we'll do an enquiry for where that's registered
0:22:12 > 0:22:14to find out who should have it.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16OK? So at the minute, we're arresting you for it not being yours,
0:22:16 > 0:22:20and what will happen, if it turns out that it is, you don't need to worry.
0:22:20 > 0:22:21OK?
0:22:25 > 0:22:26We've got to look at it, mate.
0:22:26 > 0:22:28We'll ask you about it in the interview.
0:22:28 > 0:22:31Don't worry about it. You can tell us all that there and then.
0:22:31 > 0:22:34CHATTERING AND CALLING OUT
0:22:35 > 0:22:38Personal thoughts as to why it happens a lot is because,
0:22:38 > 0:22:40and sticking up for these lads a bit,
0:22:40 > 0:22:43they get to 17 and want to drive so they either pass their tests...
0:22:43 > 0:22:45This lad hadn't, but a lot of them pass their tests,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48look to insure it, give their address to the insurance company
0:22:48 > 0:22:49who, frankly, just laugh at them
0:22:49 > 0:22:52and say either, "We're not going to insure you"
0:22:52 > 0:22:55or "Right, you've got a £500 car? That'll be £4,000,"
0:22:55 > 0:22:58because the figures for £5,000 for insurance premiums round there
0:22:58 > 0:23:00are real and common.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06But, big circle, it's the actions of people like him,
0:23:06 > 0:23:08taking uninsured cars and causing damage,
0:23:08 > 0:23:11that then puts the premiums up. And then we're into
0:23:11 > 0:23:13that massive circle that they'll never get insured.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22The cops can't prove that the vehicle is stolen,
0:23:22 > 0:23:25but can prove that the number plates have been.
0:23:25 > 0:23:29Five-eight, just to let you know we have had the vehicle recovered.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31We're en route to Trafalgar now.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33INDISTINCT
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Erm, not just yet.
0:23:36 > 0:23:39The driver faces a court appearance and a driving ban.
0:23:40 > 0:23:43If the ban and the insurance issue makes him think, "Right, yeah,
0:23:43 > 0:23:46"shan't be doing that again," then that's what we're here for.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53The start of a late shift in Leeds.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57It's 5.00pm,
0:23:57 > 0:23:59and traffic cops Simon Binks and Lee Moody
0:23:59 > 0:24:02hear about a potentially serious accident.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08Two-four, yes, we are en route to this bump.
0:24:08 > 0:24:10What do we have at the moment, sorry?
0:24:10 > 0:24:12I've got that it's a 14-year-old knocked down.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14Do we have any other information?
0:24:14 > 0:24:16The circumstances that were provided to us were
0:24:16 > 0:24:20a young male, 14 years old, had been hit by a car.
0:24:20 > 0:24:21SIREN WAILS
0:24:21 > 0:24:24All we've got is that it's a white car that's been involved,
0:24:24 > 0:24:26but that vehicle's made off from the scene.
0:24:26 > 0:24:27The driver hasn't stopped.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29There's obviously a reason why that person hasn't stopped,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32be it drink, they haven't got a licence,
0:24:32 > 0:24:34they haven't got insurance, etc.
0:24:35 > 0:24:38Latest figures show more than 19,000 people a year
0:24:38 > 0:24:41are injured in hit and run accidents in Britain.
0:24:43 > 0:24:4511 are killed.
0:24:47 > 0:24:50Three of these deaths were children under 15 years old.
0:24:53 > 0:24:55I have a daughter myself.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58When you go into things like this, obviously,
0:24:58 > 0:25:01it hits home a little bit more cos you're like,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03what if that had been my little girl that had been hit?
0:25:05 > 0:25:07Paramedics tend to the young casualty.
0:25:13 > 0:25:15A lucky escape?
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Cool.
0:25:23 > 0:25:24Right.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26He had minor cuts and bruises,
0:25:26 > 0:25:30but the initial indication was there was nothing more serious than that.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35Two of the 14-year-old boy's friends are witnesses.
0:25:35 > 0:25:37We just heard the bang,
0:25:37 > 0:25:39then we went round to see if he was all right
0:25:39 > 0:25:41and he was unconscious for a couple of seconds.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43Did he just carry straight on?
0:25:43 > 0:25:45Didn't even stop to see if he was all right. He just straight went.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Did you see who was driving it?
0:25:47 > 0:25:48- Did you see at all?- BOTH: No.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51- It was too fast. We couldn't see nowt.- Right.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55It is an offence to leave the scene of a collision.
0:25:55 > 0:25:58Under these circumstances and the timescale it had happened,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01we hadn't had any reports from any driver of the vehicle,
0:26:01 > 0:26:03Nobody had been into the police station,
0:26:03 > 0:26:06so we're looking at the fact that it is a fail-to-stop collision.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Somebody's hit him and they've driven off.
0:26:11 > 0:26:13Now the cops must find the driver.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18Although they couldn't say what make or model the vehicle was,
0:26:18 > 0:26:22there was a white estate vehicle parked across the road.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25It looks similar to that, but it's not that, apparently.
0:26:25 > 0:26:27What the witnesses have stated is, although it wasn't that car
0:26:27 > 0:26:31that was involved, it was a vehicle that was similar to that car.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Soon, there's potential evidence that points to another car.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38We don't know whether that's an old one or not.
0:26:38 > 0:26:40- I didn't even look at that. - Right, got you.
0:26:41 > 0:26:46There is a wing mirror that's been left at the scene.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49Or the glass from a wing mirror, should I say.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51This may or may not be involved,
0:26:51 > 0:26:54but I think there was a response unit that was having a look.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57If they just keep their eye out for any white cars missing
0:26:57 > 0:27:00the glass out of their wing mirrors, please.
0:27:00 > 0:27:04That then gives us something to try and match back to any vehicle
0:27:04 > 0:27:07that we find that may be a suspect vehicle.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10The shape of the wing mirrors are unique to each car,
0:27:10 > 0:27:12so we should, with a bit of luck, be able to find out...
0:27:14 > 0:27:17..give us a starter as to what make of car it was,
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and once we know that, we can then start looking at other evidence,
0:27:21 > 0:27:24looking at cameras and various things like that.
0:27:25 > 0:27:28They have clues about the car's make and model,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30but will it be enough?
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Official figures show that every day,
0:27:41 > 0:27:43five people die on Britain's roads.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50Most accidents happen during the day, when more cars are out.
0:27:53 > 0:27:57But it's just after 10.00pm and Dan Robson and Mick Jessop
0:27:57 > 0:28:01from the Roads Policing Unit are called to Beeston, south Leeds.
0:28:01 > 0:28:05SIREN WAILS
0:28:05 > 0:28:08Tango three-six, have you got any further details for RTC, please?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30Received.
0:28:30 > 0:28:32Being a dad of young kids myself,
0:28:32 > 0:28:35you don't want harm to come to any kids,
0:28:35 > 0:28:37so it's just a case of getting there as quickly,
0:28:37 > 0:28:39obviously as safely as you can,
0:28:39 > 0:28:41but you do want to get there that little bit quicker.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43It's got to be this one.
0:28:46 > 0:28:47Here we are.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52It's a three-car crash.
0:28:59 > 0:29:02You all right? Your car? Who's got the head injury?
0:29:02 > 0:29:05He's all right, he's standing there. How's the young 'un?
0:29:07 > 0:29:09There's head injuries and there's head injuries.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12He was walking wounded and it appeared to be a superficial wound.
0:29:12 > 0:29:13He was talking. He appeared...
0:29:15 > 0:29:18..mobile, so there were no real issues with that.
0:29:18 > 0:29:22I decided at that point that I'd go and speak to the family down the road
0:29:22 > 0:29:25and find out about the baby that was involved in the collision.
0:29:25 > 0:29:26How old is she?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29Three months?
0:29:29 > 0:29:32There's an ambulance coming to check her out, love.
0:29:32 > 0:29:36Have you got a blanket in the car to wrap around yourself, keep you warm?
0:29:36 > 0:29:38I know, I just... You know, you're a bit...
0:29:39 > 0:29:41I just want you to stay calm, love, that's all.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45There's three of them injured in the car. The driver's got a cut leg.
0:29:45 > 0:29:47The female front passenger, she's got back and neck pains
0:29:47 > 0:29:51and there's a baby who is very quiet but they're concerned
0:29:51 > 0:29:54because she's covered in broken glass as a result of the accident,
0:29:54 > 0:29:58but she has been in a proper class-one child restraint,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00which is obviously a good thing.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05No-one is critically injured.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09Now Dan starts to question the driver of the Volkswagen.
0:30:09 > 0:30:11Were you driving?
0:30:11 > 0:30:13Right, what's happened, then?
0:30:16 > 0:30:19- I'm in shock now.- You don't remember? OK.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21As soon as people starting saying
0:30:21 > 0:30:23that they don't remember what's happened,
0:30:23 > 0:30:24it could be genuine -
0:30:24 > 0:30:27he's a had a bang to the head - but more often than not,
0:30:27 > 0:30:29it's someone that's done something wrong.
0:30:29 > 0:30:31And they don't want to tell us about it
0:30:31 > 0:30:32because they know they're in trouble.
0:30:35 > 0:30:37Paramedics are en route,
0:30:37 > 0:30:40but as the driver is stable, Dan breathalyses him.
0:30:41 > 0:30:43Cos you've been involved in a collision,
0:30:43 > 0:30:45- I need to do a breath test.- Yeah.
0:30:45 > 0:30:47Take a deep breath and blow into there for me, please.
0:30:49 > 0:30:52Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, stop.
0:30:55 > 0:30:57Just come round this side of the car for me, please.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06Perch there for me.
0:31:06 > 0:31:08At this point in time, you're under arrest
0:31:08 > 0:31:11on suspicion of driving while over the prescribed limit.
0:31:11 > 0:31:12- OK?- All right.
0:31:14 > 0:31:18He's give a positive sample of breath at 65 micrograms of alcohol,
0:31:18 > 0:31:20so almost twice the legal limit.
0:31:21 > 0:31:24He's got a head injury, so he's not going to be able,
0:31:24 > 0:31:26I don't think, to go a police station right now.
0:31:28 > 0:31:30We're going to have to get him treated at hospital
0:31:30 > 0:31:33and look at doing a hospital procedure
0:31:33 > 0:31:35and get some blood out of him and get it analysed.
0:31:37 > 0:31:39He's suspected of drink-driving.
0:31:41 > 0:31:45And according to the baby's mother, he may have caused the accident.
0:31:47 > 0:31:49A car going really, really fast.
0:31:49 > 0:31:51You could see, as soon as you seen him,
0:31:51 > 0:31:54first thing you thought of was what speed he was going.
0:31:54 > 0:31:55As he got closer,
0:31:55 > 0:31:58he lost control and came over to this side of the road
0:31:58 > 0:32:01and then he just hit us before we knew it, it was just so fast.
0:32:02 > 0:32:03She's all right.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10And the driver of the third car involved also blames him.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14That car came down the other side of the...
0:32:14 > 0:32:16Well, down the road on the other side.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Spun him and then banged into me.
0:32:24 > 0:32:26If the car that the family was in
0:32:26 > 0:32:29had been maybe three or four car lengths further back,
0:32:29 > 0:32:32I dare say that the VW Polo would have gone head-on with them,
0:32:32 > 0:32:36and it could have been a frighteningly different story.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38In the back of the ambulance, mate.
0:32:40 > 0:32:42As the driver's alcohol is wearing off,
0:32:42 > 0:32:45the clock is ticking for the cops to get a blood specimen.
0:32:47 > 0:32:51Only this will be able to prove if he has been drink-driving.
0:33:03 > 0:33:06A 14-year-old boy has been hit by a car that's driven off.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10Lee and Simon are looking for the vehicle.
0:33:14 > 0:33:16With only a partial sighting of the car
0:33:16 > 0:33:18and a shattered wing mirror found,
0:33:18 > 0:33:21news then comes in from the control room.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24We've had a further call
0:33:24 > 0:33:28from the uncle of the lad that was injured in the accident,
0:33:28 > 0:33:29that got knocked down.
0:33:31 > 0:33:34He's done a recce of the area
0:33:34 > 0:33:37and he's apparently with one of the witnesses
0:33:37 > 0:33:41and they think they've found the car involved in this accident.
0:33:43 > 0:33:46"Parked up near to a caravan."
0:33:48 > 0:33:50That thing there?
0:33:52 > 0:33:55We located the vehicle and it was the same model
0:33:55 > 0:33:58as the one that the witnesses pointed out at the scene,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00although it was a different colour.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03Two-four, there's nobody with this vehicle.
0:34:03 > 0:34:06Would be able to just run it through, please?
0:34:06 > 0:34:08I don't know where this chap is.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12The question is, is there evidence of an impact?
0:34:13 > 0:34:15Looking at this here -
0:34:15 > 0:34:18it's as though something's brushed the outside of there.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20This does have some tape on it.
0:34:21 > 0:34:23I think there is some on this, actually.
0:34:23 > 0:34:26Look at that - that matches over there, doesn't it?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28And on that bit, doesn't it?
0:34:28 > 0:34:32We've got two parts of a jigsaw.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35We've got a wing mirror that doesn't have any glass on it
0:34:35 > 0:34:38on a vehicle that has some tape on it,
0:34:38 > 0:34:41and we've got a piece of glass that's been located at the scene
0:34:41 > 0:34:45with some tape on it. And simply by offering those up to each other,
0:34:45 > 0:34:49it was confirmed that the tape marks did match.
0:34:49 > 0:34:53- It's bang on, isn't it? - Think it is, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:34:53 > 0:34:55The Sellotape lines seem to match,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58so we'll go and have a chat with the registered keeper
0:34:58 > 0:34:59and see what he's got to say.
0:35:06 > 0:35:07We've got reason to believe
0:35:07 > 0:35:10your vehicle's been involved in a fail-to-stop pedestrian knock-down.
0:35:10 > 0:35:13We've got your wing mirror, the glass from your wing mirror,
0:35:13 > 0:35:15we believe, at the scene of the collision
0:35:15 > 0:35:18and it matches up with your vehicle that's outside.
0:35:18 > 0:35:20As we were speaking to him,
0:35:20 > 0:35:23our suspicions were raised that he may have been drinking.
0:35:23 > 0:35:26Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, stop.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28That's fine, thank you.
0:35:29 > 0:35:32He provided a positive breath test and was arrested.
0:35:32 > 0:35:35You're under arrest for suspicion of failing to stop
0:35:35 > 0:35:36at the scene of a road traffic collision,
0:35:36 > 0:35:39failing to subsequently report a road traffic collision
0:35:39 > 0:35:41and driving whilst over the prescribed limit.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44He then started saying he'd been drinking at home,
0:35:44 > 0:35:48but could provide no empty vessels from which he'd been drinking.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53There's no proof that it was this vehicle,
0:35:53 > 0:35:56but there are grounds to question the owner at the station.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04He needs to provide two further breath samples
0:36:04 > 0:36:06using a more accurate breathalyser.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:36:11 > 0:36:13- Nearly there, keep going. Brilliant.- Fantastic.
0:36:15 > 0:36:18You've provided two specimens of breath.
0:36:18 > 0:36:21The specimen with the lower proportion of alcohol
0:36:21 > 0:36:25contains no more than 39 micrograms of alcohol in 100ml of breath.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31He's one point below the level of prosecution.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36I'd just like you to talk me through this evening's events
0:36:36 > 0:36:38and what you recall.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41The driver admits to having been on the road
0:36:41 > 0:36:43where the incident took place that evening,
0:36:43 > 0:36:45but was not aware of having hit anyone.
0:36:48 > 0:36:50I think he accepted at a certain point
0:36:50 > 0:36:54that a collision could have occurred and he wasn't aware about it,
0:36:54 > 0:36:57but he's certainly not accepting any guilty knowledge, if you like,
0:36:57 > 0:37:00of the collision occurring and/or his involvement in that.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05We didn't have anybody that could state
0:37:05 > 0:37:07it was this registration number.
0:37:07 > 0:37:10Without an admission by this gentleman,
0:37:10 > 0:37:12we were going to be struggling to get a case through.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18With no conclusive evidence to charge the driver,
0:37:18 > 0:37:20he's released on bail.
0:37:25 > 0:37:28Ten miles west in Bradford,
0:37:28 > 0:37:32PCs Andy Barron and Martin Willis are on patrol,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34running insurance checks on cars.
0:37:34 > 0:37:36- Focus, there.- Yep.
0:37:36 > 0:37:39It's Slovakian-owned, no insurance.
0:37:39 > 0:37:41With experience,
0:37:41 > 0:37:44you pick up on indicators that there's something not quite right.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48Ah, he's seen you. He's doing a sneaky, sneaky turn-off.
0:37:48 > 0:37:51His passengers, they were like that, oh, shit, they're following us.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57On this occasion, this car made a very, very sudden left turn
0:37:57 > 0:37:58into a petrol station
0:37:58 > 0:38:01and I just got the impression he didn't intend to do that.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Hey, mate, you all right? Just a quick document chat. Whose car is it?
0:38:08 > 0:38:10How long have you had it?
0:38:10 > 0:38:13Have a seat in our car, we'll just take some details from you.
0:38:13 > 0:38:16Our primary concern was identification, firstly.
0:38:16 > 0:38:19It's the number one thing you've to prove for a prosecution,
0:38:19 > 0:38:21that it was actually the person driving that you stopped
0:38:21 > 0:38:23and have reported for the courts.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25What's your name, please?
0:38:25 > 0:38:27HE GIVES A NAME And you've got no ID?
0:38:27 > 0:38:29Does your mate know your name?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Does your mate know your name?
0:38:32 > 0:38:33What's your nickname?
0:38:33 > 0:38:35- Buster.- Buster? Right.
0:38:35 > 0:38:38I find it's rare for someone to be driving around in a car
0:38:38 > 0:38:40with absolutely no identification whatsoever.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42Quite often it's a ploy that people will use
0:38:42 > 0:38:46when they're not insured or they've got no licence or they're wanted,
0:38:46 > 0:38:49to give either one of their friends' names or a relative.
0:38:49 > 0:38:53Andy's initial checks identify a problem.
0:38:53 > 0:38:54You don't come up insured
0:38:54 > 0:38:57and this is just a cheap, print-off piece of paper
0:38:57 > 0:38:59that I could have done on my computer.
0:38:59 > 0:39:01It doesn't prove you're insured, does it?
0:39:01 > 0:39:03It's not recorded electronically,
0:39:03 > 0:39:05which generally means it doesn't exist.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10We need to figure out a way of firstly identifying who he is,
0:39:10 > 0:39:12cos he's got no identification
0:39:12 > 0:39:16and verifying how this insurance policy's covering this car,
0:39:16 > 0:39:18cos it's not recorded electronically.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20Usually, that means it's a false document,
0:39:20 > 0:39:22so this car's going on the back of a wagon.
0:39:22 > 0:39:28Uninsured drivers cause 26,500 injuries every year.
0:39:28 > 0:39:30Before the towing truck arrives,
0:39:30 > 0:39:33they make one more check to see if the policy is valid.
0:39:33 > 0:39:36I've got the certificate number in front of me.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39I just want to make sure it's a genuine policy.
0:39:39 > 0:39:40All right, then.
0:39:40 > 0:39:42No, that's grand. Thanks very much for your help.
0:39:44 > 0:39:45Thank you, you too. Bye-bye.
0:39:47 > 0:39:49- It's a live policy?- Yep.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51That is unbelievable.
0:39:51 > 0:39:54Cooperative Insurance have verified, to my astonishment,
0:39:54 > 0:39:57that it is actually a live policy that covers this car.
0:39:57 > 0:40:02But I would've bet my house that he wasn't covered.
0:40:02 > 0:40:04I'm shocked. I'm shocked.
0:40:04 > 0:40:09Five-zero. This vehicle that I asked for recovery, where there were no insurance shown -
0:40:09 > 0:40:13can you bring that log back up, please? I have an issue where you might need to cancel the wagon.
0:40:13 > 0:40:17The policy may be valid but the question now
0:40:17 > 0:40:20is whether the man driving it is the insured or someone else.
0:40:22 > 0:40:26Andy's been sent a photo of the man named in the insurance policy.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Fortunately, of the details the male has given,
0:40:29 > 0:40:34there is a picture that's come up on my mobile phone
0:40:34 > 0:40:38from police records, and the picture looks very, very similar to him.
0:40:38 > 0:40:40You came very close to losing your car.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46We're just going to verify that this is you, cos your photograph...
0:40:46 > 0:40:49It's a good resemblance, but I'm not absolutely convinced.
0:40:49 > 0:40:51I know they do.
0:40:51 > 0:40:55The picture is a good resemblance for him but...
0:40:56 > 0:40:58..I think it might be his brother.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01I think he might have a brother that looks very, very similar.
0:41:01 > 0:41:04I like to give the driver the opportunity to dig themself a hole
0:41:04 > 0:41:08by showing him the picture and saying, "Who's this, then?"
0:41:08 > 0:41:09Who's that, then?
0:41:11 > 0:41:12Are you sure?
0:41:14 > 0:41:16- Doesn't look like you. - Just lift your head up. Like that.
0:41:18 > 0:41:22I think that might be your brother. Have you got any brothers?
0:41:22 > 0:41:23No?
0:41:25 > 0:41:28We've got an officer just down t'road with a fingerprint machine.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30That'll tell us whether it's you straightaway.
0:41:31 > 0:41:34'It's a mobile fingerprint device.'
0:41:34 > 0:41:37It involves the driver putting their fingerprint on a touch screen
0:41:37 > 0:41:41and that fingerprint is sent away electronically for analysis.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44If the man's been arrested before,
0:41:44 > 0:41:48his identity will be confirmed within minutes.
0:41:49 > 0:41:52'I think he's a little bit worried now.'
0:41:52 > 0:41:54He clearly knows that there's no way out for him now.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58Omar?
0:42:00 > 0:42:04- It IS his brother. - Fingerprints invariably don't lie.
0:42:04 > 0:42:08We might have to do another interview now, about lying to us, mightn't we?
0:42:08 > 0:42:10- Eh?- You've lied to us about who you are, haven't you?
0:42:12 > 0:42:14- You what?- You were going to admit to it at some point?
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Well, you could have saved us a lot of time.
0:42:17 > 0:42:21It turns out the insurance policy IS his brother's.
0:42:21 > 0:42:22I'm pleased.
0:42:24 > 0:42:25Five-zero.
0:42:25 > 0:42:28Can you ring back Macadam's, please, and ask them to attend?
0:42:28 > 0:42:30He's given his brother's details.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33As was. My house and my bet's safe.
0:42:33 > 0:42:34The car's going on a wagon
0:42:34 > 0:42:38and he can be reported for all the document offences.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40Why did you give the police false details in the first instance?
0:42:43 > 0:42:44This is premeditated.
0:42:44 > 0:42:46"I'm going to give false details."
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Clearly got in that car with a plan,
0:42:49 > 0:42:52knowing his brother's details and date of birth.
0:42:52 > 0:42:56It's probably in your best interests now to answer questions honestly.
0:42:56 > 0:42:58Who owns the vehicle?
0:42:58 > 0:43:01You? Do you have insurance to drive the vehicle?
0:43:02 > 0:43:04OK. Do you have any type of driving licence at all?
0:43:07 > 0:43:10The tow truck hasn't gone to waste.
0:43:10 > 0:43:13The car's off to the pound, while the driver is walking home.
0:43:17 > 0:43:19- Bus stop's over there, then.- Bye-bye.
0:43:36 > 0:43:39The driver who appears to have caused the three-car accident
0:43:39 > 0:43:44involving a baby is now at hospital with traffic cops Dan and Mick.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51Having blown nearly double the legal alcohol limit at the roadside,
0:43:51 > 0:43:54the cops need him to provide a blood sample...quickly.
0:43:57 > 0:43:58Time is of the essence, really.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01The quicker that we can get a blood sample the better,
0:44:01 > 0:44:05because, obviously, the blood alcohol level is coming down and,
0:44:05 > 0:44:08obviously, we want to try and get the evidence to show that
0:44:08 > 0:44:11they were over the limit at the time of the collision.
0:44:11 > 0:44:14If you're over the limit, you're looking at a 12-month ban.
0:44:14 > 0:44:19We need the doctor that's going to look after you to speak to you and
0:44:19 > 0:44:22assess you and you give us permission to get a blood sample from you.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25It's going to have to be a case of waiting and seeing, really.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29I don't know what the outcome's going to be yet, mate. All right? Ta.
0:44:31 > 0:44:33But it's going to take time.
0:44:34 > 0:44:36One problem. Could be a little bit longer,
0:44:36 > 0:44:38cos we've just had someone come into resus.
0:44:38 > 0:44:40- Right.- That could make it a bit longer.- All right.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46I would put my mortgage on the fact that the hospital doctor
0:44:46 > 0:44:50will say it's fine for us to get the blood specimen.
0:44:50 > 0:44:53But we've got to follow the procedure and do it right and,
0:44:53 > 0:44:56unfortunately, in this case it's more than likely that,
0:44:56 > 0:45:00with the time it's going to take, it'll be under the limit.
0:45:02 > 0:45:04Although there was no fatality in this case,
0:45:04 > 0:45:09drink-driving is one of the biggest killers on Britain's roads,
0:45:09 > 0:45:12responsible for one-in-seven road deaths.
0:45:14 > 0:45:17Looks like it's been your lucky day on more than one level, mate.
0:45:20 > 0:45:23The whole time he was at hospital,
0:45:23 > 0:45:26he seemed very interested in how much alcohol there was in his system
0:45:26 > 0:45:27and, obviously, it was touch and go
0:45:27 > 0:45:30as to whether it was going to come back over the limit.
0:45:30 > 0:45:34And it just seemed that that was all he was bothered about.
0:45:34 > 0:45:37You've got a bit of a cut on your head, a bit of swelling.
0:45:37 > 0:45:40- Have you got any pain anywhere else? - Er...
0:45:40 > 0:45:43- just the right of my back. - Your back.
0:45:43 > 0:45:48With no serious injuries, the cops can get a blood sample.
0:45:48 > 0:45:51Dr Egan, who is in charge of your case, has no objection to me
0:45:51 > 0:45:55requiring you to provide a specimen of blood or urine which,
0:45:55 > 0:45:57in the case of blood, will be taken by a doctor.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00Have you got any idea how long the doctor might be?
0:46:02 > 0:46:05The police doctor is 20 miles away.
0:46:05 > 0:46:08- He'll be on his way in a couple of minutes.- From?- Huddersfield.
0:46:11 > 0:46:12Damn!
0:46:12 > 0:46:16- Game over. - We need to be more positive, Dan.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20I'm not negative - I'm a realist.
0:46:22 > 0:46:25More than four hours after the accident,
0:46:25 > 0:46:28a blood sample has been taken by the doctor.
0:46:28 > 0:46:31Can you just put your phone down a minute for us? Right.
0:46:31 > 0:46:35It's now 2.50 in the morning. I'm going to de-arrest you now. OK?
0:46:35 > 0:46:37So you're no longer under arrest.
0:46:37 > 0:46:41I'll give you a call when I get the results.
0:46:43 > 0:46:46With no harm done to the baby or anyone else,
0:46:46 > 0:46:48the driver is free to go.
0:46:48 > 0:46:50He's no longer under arrest.
0:46:50 > 0:46:52We knew who he was, had all his details,
0:46:52 > 0:46:53how to contact him in future,
0:46:53 > 0:46:56so we could deal with him at a later date.
0:46:56 > 0:46:58Rather than waiting for him to be discharged
0:46:58 > 0:47:01and taking him to a police station and interviewing him straightaway,
0:47:01 > 0:47:04we took the decision to do all that at a later date
0:47:04 > 0:47:06so we could free ourselves up to be out on the streets.
0:47:06 > 0:47:12The guy blew over the prescribed limit after an accident at 10.15.
0:47:12 > 0:47:16It's now 3.00 the following morning and we're just leaving the hospital.
0:47:16 > 0:47:21He's going to come back under the limit.
0:47:21 > 0:47:22And it's just...
0:47:24 > 0:47:26The system has failed us today.
0:47:26 > 0:47:29But hey-ho. Everybody's got their job to do.
0:47:46 > 0:47:49Every day, there are 25 road accidents
0:47:49 > 0:47:53reported to West Yorkshire Police.
0:47:53 > 0:47:57Today, Mark Maiden and Paul Crabtree are starting their shift.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03We've received a call that there's a vehicle on its roof
0:48:03 > 0:48:06a couple of miles out of t'city,
0:48:06 > 0:48:08so we're just going to get our kit in the car
0:48:08 > 0:48:11and set off on our way to that now. See what we have when we get there.
0:48:11 > 0:48:14First job of the morning, yeah. We start at 6.00.
0:48:14 > 0:48:16We got the call while we were still in, so it was a case of...
0:48:16 > 0:48:19quick once-over of the car, make sure everything were fine,
0:48:19 > 0:48:20bags in, jump in and go.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25On the way, you're planning.
0:48:25 > 0:48:28"Right, how fast is the road? "Is anybody else involved?"
0:48:28 > 0:48:30Four-six. We'll only be a couple of minutes.
0:48:30 > 0:48:33Road conditions make driving difficult.
0:48:35 > 0:48:39Unfortunately, this time of year, it's still a bit cold and frosty.
0:48:39 > 0:48:43We're looking at minus one, I would suggest, at the moment.
0:48:43 > 0:48:46And, er...it makes t'roads slippy.
0:48:46 > 0:48:49So we'll see what it's like when we get there.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51Ooh! This is greasy.
0:48:51 > 0:48:54SIREN WAILS
0:48:54 > 0:48:55Ooh! Clear.
0:48:59 > 0:49:01And other drivers aren't helping.
0:49:01 > 0:49:03HORN HONKS
0:49:06 > 0:49:08How much notice do you want?
0:49:08 > 0:49:11We've got flashing head lamps, blue lights on the top,
0:49:11 > 0:49:12blue lights in the grill...
0:49:14 > 0:49:15..and a big siren.
0:49:15 > 0:49:17HORN HONKS
0:49:18 > 0:49:21It is frustrating when people don't move for you -
0:49:21 > 0:49:24the reason being, we don't put lights on for a laugh.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26We're getting to something that needs us to be there.
0:49:29 > 0:49:33The accident involves a young female driver.
0:49:33 > 0:49:34Lets see what we've got.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38- Morning. All right?- Morning. - I'll have a word with her.
0:49:38 > 0:49:41- Do we know how she is, Simon? - She was sat up when we got here.
0:49:41 > 0:49:43As we turn up, it's all happened.
0:49:43 > 0:49:45She's out of the car, the car's left there.
0:49:46 > 0:49:49The road where it's happened is perfectly straight.
0:49:49 > 0:49:54And what's happened is, she's hit the railings prior to the crossing,
0:49:54 > 0:49:58which have folded flat like a ramp and flipped her over.
0:49:58 > 0:50:01The bad road conditions don't appear to have caused the accident
0:50:01 > 0:50:04but paramedics think they know what did.
0:50:07 > 0:50:12- Right. When you get in, can we just pop in with you?- Yeah.- Excellent.
0:50:14 > 0:50:17Paramedics just said that she smells of drink a little bit,
0:50:17 > 0:50:19as in stale from last night.
0:50:19 > 0:50:21So as soon as she gets into the back of the ambulance,
0:50:21 > 0:50:24we'll do a breath test and see where that takes us.
0:50:24 > 0:50:25Get the kit and see how we are.
0:50:25 > 0:50:29The probability is, she was drunk last night, got up early for work,
0:50:29 > 0:50:32set off and she's still got the smell or the after effects of the alcohol
0:50:32 > 0:50:34still in her system.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42Taking the photographs of the vehicle and the scene,
0:50:42 > 0:50:44just to assist us with us enquiries.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48There's also a possibility of some CCTV outside the Premier.
0:50:50 > 0:50:56Is your CCTV working? Is it? Can we come and have a quick look?
0:50:56 > 0:51:00- Is there one that shows coming down the road?- Just coming down, yeah.
0:51:00 > 0:51:03- I haven't got one going other way, no.- Right, just that angle?
0:51:03 > 0:51:06- Just that angle. - That's fine. Lovely.
0:51:08 > 0:51:13There are no witnesses and the shop's CCTV has only caught the car
0:51:13 > 0:51:15AFTER it flipped onto its roof.
0:51:24 > 0:51:28We were just doing the papers in the morning. I heard the bang.
0:51:28 > 0:51:31I thought some kids hit the sign outside. They usually bang it.
0:51:31 > 0:51:34You hear the noise. Then I saw stuff rolling round on the...
0:51:34 > 0:51:37Then I seen a coat, an arm. I thought, bloody hell!
0:51:37 > 0:51:39I got straight on the telephone,
0:51:39 > 0:51:42rang the ambulance, 999, straightaway.
0:51:42 > 0:51:43Scary!
0:51:46 > 0:51:47We need to do a breath test with you
0:51:47 > 0:51:50cos you've been in an accident, all right?
0:51:50 > 0:51:53All you need to do is just a nice gentle blow with this, all right?
0:51:53 > 0:51:54Right, blow.
0:51:54 > 0:51:57Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going,
0:51:57 > 0:51:59keep going, keep going, keep going.
0:51:59 > 0:52:01Brilliant. Spot on. Thank you.
0:52:03 > 0:52:06This breath test you've given me, all right, has gone over.
0:52:08 > 0:52:11Drink-driving annoys me more than most things -
0:52:11 > 0:52:15the reason being, it's not a new thing.
0:52:15 > 0:52:16It's been drummed into you.
0:52:16 > 0:52:20The statistics are there and the tests are there to say you can't drive a car properly
0:52:20 > 0:52:22when you're under the influence of alcohol.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29People still do it. People still kill people and it annoys me.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37Breath test in back of the ambulance and she's blown 39,
0:52:37 > 0:52:38legal limit being 35.
0:52:38 > 0:52:41It is only a screening device, is this, so what we'll do now is...
0:52:41 > 0:52:44She's obviously going to hospital to be seen.
0:52:44 > 0:52:48We'll get one of our doctors to go up there, assuming she consents to give a blood sample.
0:52:50 > 0:52:52The driver has a borderline reading
0:52:52 > 0:52:55for being over the legal alcohol limit.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58Then another possible cause for the accident emerges.
0:53:06 > 0:53:07Right.
0:53:07 > 0:53:09There were people who were there -
0:53:09 > 0:53:11both the paramedics and other people about who had,
0:53:11 > 0:53:15when she got out of the car, said that she was using a phone.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19Those witnesses were quite handy and they were quite keen to tell us
0:53:19 > 0:53:20what had happened, as well.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24And all that's useful because we can build a bigger picture then.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27That's just come out of the car, which has been on at the time.
0:53:27 > 0:53:29So what we'll do is we'll hang onto this.
0:53:31 > 0:53:34Drivers using hand-held phones
0:53:34 > 0:53:38are linked to more than 500 casualties in Britain each year.
0:53:38 > 0:53:40- That'll do.- Right.
0:53:40 > 0:53:45She's had some Jagermeister last night, late on, and she says,
0:53:45 > 0:53:46"Oh, I-I-I-I'm all right.
0:53:46 > 0:53:49"It's not cos I've been drinking that it's happened."
0:53:49 > 0:53:51So although the primary concern is, is she all right,
0:53:51 > 0:53:53and we need to get the road open and things moving,
0:53:53 > 0:53:56at the same time, you're gathering all the time, taking things in.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00She may face two possible offences -
0:54:00 > 0:54:04drink-driving and using a hand-held phone.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06If guilty, she could get a fine,
0:54:06 > 0:54:11penalty points or even a court appearance and a driving ban.
0:54:11 > 0:54:15The next stage is, clear this, speak to her at the hospital and take it from what we get up there.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17As it's now an hour since the accident,
0:54:17 > 0:54:20the chance of the driver being over the alcohol limit is unlikely.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22We've just arrived at Bradford Royal Infirmary now,
0:54:22 > 0:54:25where the ambulance has brought the driver to.
0:54:25 > 0:54:27She's voluntarily provided another screening test,
0:54:27 > 0:54:30which we can do for hospital procedures.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33That's come back now where she's blown 24 micrograms,
0:54:33 > 0:54:35the legal limit being 35.
0:54:35 > 0:54:39So she's dropped from 39 to 24, so that's dropped very quickly.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42So we're happy now that she's not going to provide over,
0:54:42 > 0:54:44so we're not going to do the blood procedure
0:54:44 > 0:54:46to take a sample off her because I don't think it'll be over.
0:54:46 > 0:54:51But the driver does admit to looking at her mobile phone
0:54:51 > 0:54:54and so the cops want to interview her.
0:54:54 > 0:54:58- Hi. How are you?- How you doing? You all right?
0:54:58 > 0:55:01So, what's happened here is that you've given another sample
0:55:01 > 0:55:04and it's come back under, hasn't it? All right? What...
0:55:04 > 0:55:08What I'll say is, it doesn't take away from the fact that
0:55:08 > 0:55:12you were still over at the time, weren't you, according to that screening thing?
0:55:12 > 0:55:15Right, so you've told that other officer that came in
0:55:15 > 0:55:18that you were looking at your phone at the time.
0:55:18 > 0:55:21The distraction in the car is what's caused the accident.
0:55:21 > 0:55:25As it happens, my view is, the drink hasn't caused the accident.
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Her leaning over to pick her phone up has caused the accident.
0:55:28 > 0:55:30Whether she was using the phone or turning the radio on,
0:55:30 > 0:55:32once she's taken her eyes off the road,
0:55:32 > 0:55:35that's her not giving it full attention.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38And that's when you get accidents, as is shown by this.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42She knows she's damaged the car, she knows it could have been a lot worse.
0:55:42 > 0:55:45You get a feeling when you're talking to somebody. I think, personally,
0:55:45 > 0:55:48this has been a massive wake-up call to her.
0:55:57 > 0:56:00For the cops, it's decision time.
0:56:03 > 0:56:06Does she deserve prosecuting? You could say yes, you could say no.
0:56:06 > 0:56:09My view is to put her for a driver-improvement scheme,
0:56:09 > 0:56:12which will look to address her driving skill,
0:56:12 > 0:56:14to prevent it happening again.
0:56:14 > 0:56:18From what she says, she has no points, no previous.
0:56:18 > 0:56:21- Only her involved, minor injury. - Driver-improvement?
0:56:21 > 0:56:24Driver-improvement scheme, I would suggest. Is that what you reckon?
0:56:24 > 0:56:27- Yeah. She's learned her lesson, I would suggest.- Yeah, she has.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30I mean, she's been in tears round there, cos of the "what if?".
0:56:30 > 0:56:31But she's not ON the phone.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34She's looked at it. If she'd been on it, it's different, isn't it?
0:56:37 > 0:56:41I think it's made her think, I need to be a little bit more careful.
0:56:42 > 0:56:44So it's the choice - education or enforcement?
0:56:44 > 0:56:46In this case, education, I think, was the best way to go.
0:56:50 > 0:56:53In the last ten years, more than a million drivers
0:56:53 > 0:56:56have been convicted of using a hand-held mobile phone
0:56:56 > 0:56:58behind the wheel.
0:57:09 > 0:57:12The blood tests given by the driver suspected to have caused
0:57:12 > 0:57:14the three-car crash involving the baby
0:57:14 > 0:57:17confirmed he was not over the drink-drive limit.
0:57:17 > 0:57:22But he pleaded guilty to driving without due care and attention.
0:57:22 > 0:57:27He was fined £180 and given nine penalty points on his licence.
0:57:28 > 0:57:31Due to lack of evidence, the driver arrested for failing to stop
0:57:31 > 0:57:35at the collision, injuring the 14-year-old boy, wasn't charged.
0:57:37 > 0:57:39The uninsured driver of the silver Ford Focus
0:57:39 > 0:57:42who lied to the police about his identity
0:57:42 > 0:57:45is currently serving a combined prison sentence of 42 months
0:57:45 > 0:57:50for motoring and drug offences, and banned from driving until 2015.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55The driver who failed to stop for the police in Bradford
0:57:55 > 0:57:58was found guilty of driving without a licence and insurance,
0:57:58 > 0:58:01and received a six-month suspended sentence,
0:58:01 > 0:58:03a three-month curfew
0:58:03 > 0:58:07and was disqualified from driving for three years.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10And the man arrested in relation to an armed robbery
0:58:10 > 0:58:13pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit robbery
0:58:13 > 0:58:15and received six years' imprisonment.
0:58:15 > 0:58:18His passenger was found guilty of possession of criminal property
0:58:18 > 0:58:22and given an 18-month suspended prison sentence.