0:00:05 > 0:00:09The motorway cops have to make instant decisions.
0:00:09 > 0:00:10Yeah, we'll have him.
0:00:10 > 0:00:14It gets worse, you should not have that either.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17Getting it right can lead to an arrest.
0:00:17 > 0:00:21Getting it wrong can leave the cops playing catch-up.
0:00:21 > 0:00:23Decamp, decamp.
0:00:23 > 0:00:27- Go on, Jonesy!- Stand still!
0:00:27 > 0:00:29But one thing's for certain.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34Slow down. Use your eyes.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37- On the roads... - We need to get this moved.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40..danger lies around every corner.
0:00:40 > 0:00:46All it takes is losing your concentration for a split second.
0:00:46 > 0:00:52There are fine lines about just carrying on your life as normal
0:00:52 > 0:00:55to your world being completely torn apart
0:00:55 > 0:00:58and you never looking at that day the same again.
0:01:25 > 0:01:30On the M621 between Bradford and Leeds, PCs Rob Jones
0:01:30 > 0:01:32and Mick Roffe are on patrol.
0:01:34 > 0:01:35They're part of the
0:01:35 > 0:01:38Yorkshire and the Humber Regional Roads Crime Team.
0:01:38 > 0:01:42Their job is to target and disrupt criminal activity on the roads.
0:01:42 > 0:01:46We hunt in packs and we work in pairs.
0:01:46 > 0:01:48Whereas in the past you might be on your own,
0:01:48 > 0:01:52you might think twice about stopping a car or you might lose something
0:01:52 > 0:01:55by hesitating because you don't have the strength in numbers,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58we have the strength in numbers.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01We have the team readily available to deal with any issue.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06They're ordered into Bradford,
0:02:06 > 0:02:10where a car linked to a burglary is being pursued through he city.
0:02:10 > 0:02:12But the local patrol cars have lost it.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Now it's up to Rob and Mick, teamed up with another unmarked car,
0:02:16 > 0:02:18to track it down.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23All we have to go on there, we had a partial registration
0:02:23 > 0:02:25and not much else really,
0:02:25 > 0:02:29so really strength in numbers - there was lots of us about -
0:02:29 > 0:02:35we just flooded the area, hoping that this car would appear at some point.
0:02:35 > 0:02:39Almost immediately, they come across a car fitting the description.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46RADIO CHATTER
0:02:51 > 0:02:53Just in case.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55There's another Corsa here, mate.
0:02:55 > 0:02:58This is going to be it.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01The tension's building until you get close to it and you see, yeah,
0:03:01 > 0:03:02that's the car that we're after,
0:03:02 > 0:03:04that's the one that we're interested in.
0:03:06 > 0:03:07X W X-ray Tango.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10- This is it.- Five six.
0:03:12 > 0:03:15In this situation, the cops are trained to manoeuvre
0:03:15 > 0:03:20one of their vehicles in front of the car and force it to stop.
0:03:20 > 0:03:23Ideally, we'd have liked to have used two vehicles
0:03:23 > 0:03:26so even if we have to make contact with it to stop it.
0:03:26 > 0:03:28But, just as they attempt to make the stop,
0:03:28 > 0:03:31the radio link between the two police cars fails.
0:03:31 > 0:03:33This is it, Lima Mark one two.
0:03:33 > 0:03:35This is it. This is it, Ross.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39With the comms dropping out for those few seconds, we couldn't
0:03:39 > 0:03:42get us heads together and work out what we were going to do.
0:03:42 > 0:03:46The delay allows the driver of the car to work out what's
0:03:46 > 0:03:48going on and he puts his foot down.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54- Vehicle's lit up. - SIREN WAILS
0:03:54 > 0:03:57This guy is going to drive like a lunatic.
0:03:57 > 0:03:59We are in a pursuit situation.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02It is failing to stop at this time.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04Vehicle is making off.
0:04:04 > 0:04:06We're on Speeton Avenue.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Speed is 55 miles per hour.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Permission for T pack now, please.
0:04:11 > 0:04:14When you first shout up on the radio and you tell the controller you've
0:04:14 > 0:04:18got one failing to stop, I always feel like my voice is trembling.
0:04:18 > 0:04:21Speed is now 80 miles per hour.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24You're kind of concerned that if the control room hears that
0:04:24 > 0:04:27they're going to think you're not properly in control.
0:04:27 > 0:04:29Got brake action approaching traffic lights. Stand by.
0:04:29 > 0:04:30Which is not true,
0:04:30 > 0:04:35it's just adrenaline having the affect adrenaline has.
0:04:35 > 0:04:38Their best chance of stopping the driver safely will be with
0:04:38 > 0:04:39the help of air support.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42It gives us the ability to back off,
0:04:42 > 0:04:44take the pressure out of the pursuit,
0:04:44 > 0:04:47and ultimately we know, in the back of your mind,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50if the helicopter's there, they're not getting away.
0:04:50 > 0:04:54Yeah, Tango five six, still on road. Is the helicopter available?
0:04:59 > 0:05:02The helicopter isn't available and the motorway cops are on their own,
0:05:02 > 0:05:06but the car is now heading towards Bradford's narrow backstreets.
0:05:06 > 0:05:08He's more than likely a local lad,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11he'll know those roads like the back of his hands.
0:05:11 > 0:05:16So it's quite difficult to put a coherent strategy into place
0:05:16 > 0:05:20to stop him when he knows where he's going.
0:05:20 > 0:05:25Um, it's his home patch, at the end of the day.
0:05:25 > 0:05:28The odds are stacking up against the cops...
0:05:28 > 0:05:32but they're determined to keep the Corsa in their sights.
0:05:34 > 0:05:37Just four miles from the back streets of Bradford,
0:05:37 > 0:05:39the motorway cop team of Aidy Brown
0:05:39 > 0:05:43and Matt Hemingway are in the middle of their nightshift.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48The mundane nine until five, Monday to Friday thing, it's not for me.
0:05:48 > 0:05:52I like to come to work, get the keys, go out and...
0:05:54 > 0:05:55..not know what's coming.
0:05:55 > 0:05:58Tonight, Aidy and Matt are en route to the M621
0:05:58 > 0:06:00on the outskirts of Leeds.
0:06:02 > 0:06:08There's been a report that a trailer has flipped over...
0:06:08 > 0:06:12and we don't know whether it's still in the carriageway or not,
0:06:12 > 0:06:17so we're on the way down to make sure everybody's OK and see
0:06:17 > 0:06:19if we can get it moved.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22The area where we think it's happened,
0:06:22 > 0:06:28there's a big sweeping bend, so it's quite possible they've gone round
0:06:28 > 0:06:34that bend a bit too fast and the trailer's tipped them over, so...
0:06:34 > 0:06:36It's there.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38People are not taking much notice.
0:06:38 > 0:06:42Any accident on a bend could have serious consequences.
0:06:42 > 0:06:46The burger van is hidden from view and, with vehicles coming round
0:06:46 > 0:06:50the bend at speed, the cops need to clear the road as soon as possible.
0:06:56 > 0:07:01All it takes when you're travelling at 60 miles per hour,
0:07:01 > 0:07:04especially in a heavy goods vehicle,
0:07:04 > 0:07:08is losing your concentration for a split second.
0:07:08 > 0:07:13If you close your eyes for the click of a finger...
0:07:15 > 0:07:20..you're driving a big giant weapon really.
0:07:20 > 0:07:21I hate being on the motorway.
0:07:21 > 0:07:25In the live lanes and that, it's awful.
0:07:25 > 0:07:27People just don't slow down.
0:07:27 > 0:07:31It's an awful place to make you feel really exposed to these vehicles
0:07:31 > 0:07:33that are flying past you.
0:07:33 > 0:07:38Sometimes, I think that people don't realise that.
0:07:40 > 0:07:44The burger van survived the crash pretty well,
0:07:44 > 0:07:48much better than the Land Rover pulling it.
0:07:48 > 0:07:50Obviously that's been towing this trailer.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53I'm not quite sure yet why he's lost control of it,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57but it's become detached and it's come skidding down the motorway.
0:07:58 > 0:08:02Just got a wobble on and it rolled, hit the car.
0:08:02 > 0:08:05- You all right? Everyone OK? - Yeah, everyone's fine, thank you.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08We're all strapped in so we're OK.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13The real miraculous thing about this is that nobody else was injured.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16Anybody could have been following this vehicle.
0:08:16 > 0:08:20At the point when it flipped over, it went over into two lanes
0:08:20 > 0:08:22and when you come round a bend, you don't
0:08:22 > 0:08:24expect to see a burger van on its side.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28So, how nobody else ran into it is a miracle.
0:08:28 > 0:08:30Because the van is carrying gas canisters,
0:08:30 > 0:08:34the fire brigade are on scene as a precaution.
0:08:34 > 0:08:37The main concern for the cops is getting
0:08:37 > 0:08:39the van off the motorway quickly,
0:08:39 > 0:08:41but they discover a problem.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45When it's come off the car, it's twisted this.
0:08:47 > 0:08:49So whether we can somehow...
0:08:51 > 0:08:55If we can force this round we'll be able to get it onto the X5.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59This should be this way up so it can sit on the bar.
0:08:59 > 0:09:02As the motorway cops work out how to shift the trailer,
0:09:02 > 0:09:08Highways Agency officers slow the traffic down to prevent an accident.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10You want to try and hook it up or what?
0:09:10 > 0:09:11You can't turn that...
0:09:11 > 0:09:14I know, but a bit of gentle persuasion.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16All four wheels are all right.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19We've got fire service there, ambulance,
0:09:19 > 0:09:22Highways - every man and his wife were there.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24He's not going to get X5 on that.
0:09:24 > 0:09:26Can't twist it.
0:09:26 > 0:09:27The longer they debate what to do,
0:09:27 > 0:09:30the greater the threat from the speeding traffic.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35If I'm stood there, I'm putting myself at risk and I'm in danger,
0:09:35 > 0:09:39and I'm certainly not waiting for somebody else's decision
0:09:39 > 0:09:41to decide what we're going to do.
0:09:42 > 0:09:46So, Matt and Aidy decide to clear the road themselves.
0:09:52 > 0:09:56It was a little bit no-nonsense, the way we got it moved.
0:09:56 > 0:09:58Yeah, we dug a little bit of the road up
0:09:58 > 0:10:01when we were doing it, but you ask anybody,
0:10:01 > 0:10:02what would they rather have -
0:10:02 > 0:10:05a bit of a gouge in the road that needed repairing or drive
0:10:05 > 0:10:08into the back of this burger stall?
0:10:08 > 0:10:10If it would have been any darker that could have caused
0:10:10 > 0:10:14somebody some serious problems coming round the bend.
0:10:14 > 0:10:16The battered Land Rover is also being moved.
0:10:16 > 0:10:20This vehicle behind us is on its side. With the assistance
0:10:20 > 0:10:24of the fire brigade, we're going to try and right the vehicle,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26with a bit of assistance from us.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28That's the plan.
0:10:31 > 0:10:34As the Land Rover is wheeled onto the hard shoulder,
0:10:34 > 0:10:36the last of the debris is cleared away.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38Matt and Aidy's job is done
0:10:38 > 0:10:41and they can leave the Highways Agency to reopen
0:10:41 > 0:10:48the road for traffic to flow freely and safely around the bend again.
0:10:48 > 0:10:50Back in Bradford, PCs Mick Roffe
0:10:50 > 0:10:54and Rob Jones are still caught up in a dangerous high-speed pursuit,
0:10:54 > 0:10:56and they have their own concerns
0:10:56 > 0:10:59about what could lie round the next bend.
0:10:59 > 0:11:02All he has to do is turn a corner during that pursuit
0:11:02 > 0:11:05and run over a person, a child, and kill them.
0:11:05 > 0:11:09Then the whole game changes.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11Mick and Rob don't want to lose the Corsa,
0:11:11 > 0:11:15but they also need to keep their distance.
0:11:15 > 0:11:18You're very conscious not to push them too hard or push him
0:11:18 > 0:11:22into making manoeuvres that they shouldn't be making.
0:11:22 > 0:11:24Cos you're very aware that they're not
0:11:24 > 0:11:25looking at what's in front of them,
0:11:25 > 0:11:28they're more than likely paying a lot of attention to
0:11:28 > 0:11:31what's behind them and seeing how close the blue lights are.
0:11:31 > 0:11:33Speed is now 60.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36Approaching lights on red, stand by...
0:11:36 > 0:11:41It's a left, left, left through the red lights onto...
0:11:41 > 0:11:43Little Horton Lane.
0:11:43 > 0:11:45Going downhill.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49Left, left, left onto...stand by...
0:11:52 > 0:11:53Safety check.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Round a left-hand bend.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04- Decamp. Decamp. - SIREN SOUNDS
0:12:04 > 0:12:06Go on! Here we go.
0:12:06 > 0:12:08STAND STILL!
0:12:12 > 0:12:15One runner. Me and Roffe are together.
0:12:16 > 0:12:18'He can run all he likes.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20'He's not going to kill anybody running.'
0:12:20 > 0:12:22Whereas if he carries on driving like he was in the car,
0:12:22 > 0:12:25the chances are that at some point he's going to have an accident.
0:12:25 > 0:12:28He's gone to ground on the side alley off where we lost him.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Or where we decamped from.
0:12:34 > 0:12:37The driver has vanished into the darkness.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- OK, thank you. Can you plan this? - RADIO: ..search.
0:12:42 > 0:12:46Just by way of description, white male.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50I would guess something like 17, 19, 20 years of age. Slim build.
0:12:50 > 0:12:54Dark blue Adidas tracksuit bottoms, dark hooded top, trainers.
0:12:57 > 0:12:59Where this lad has run,
0:12:59 > 0:13:03the last road I gave there is a school to the offside.
0:13:03 > 0:13:06They were running up what appears to be a school.
0:13:06 > 0:13:09There's a set of playing fields and I think the lad's there somewhere.
0:13:09 > 0:13:11- I think we would've seen him run up there, Rob?- Yeah.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13He's got to go over here.
0:13:13 > 0:13:16If he's gone up there we would've seen, he can't get over that fence
0:13:16 > 0:13:18and he's got to dive over here or in that spare land.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22A dog team is called in.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29But they're too late to help.
0:13:40 > 0:13:42HE SIGHS
0:13:42 > 0:13:44It stings, the fact that they've got away,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48because you always think, "What if we'd have had another five minutes
0:13:48 > 0:13:50"and we could have got people and boxed it?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53"What if I'd have done this? What if I'd have done that?"
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I think if you don't do that you become complacent
0:13:56 > 0:14:00and it doesn't make you as sharp and you're not as committed any more.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02So I think it's good to have that sting,
0:14:02 > 0:14:06to say, "Next time I will be better. Next time I will do better."
0:14:08 > 0:14:10The driver jumped out of the car when it was still moving
0:14:10 > 0:14:13and it has been badly damaged.
0:14:14 > 0:14:18He has come to decamp here, door open, and has just smashed it into...
0:14:18 > 0:14:21- He's jumped out and that has carried on and...- Oh, right.
0:14:21 > 0:14:23- ..into the lamp post. - Good job, well done.
0:14:23 > 0:14:25This is all beginning now.
0:14:27 > 0:14:29He's made a mess, hasn't he?
0:14:30 > 0:14:33The car he was in is displaying one registration plate and the tax disc
0:14:33 > 0:14:37is displaying another so the chances are it's a stolen car.
0:14:37 > 0:14:40I've not had a chance to check the registration plate on the tax disc
0:14:40 > 0:14:43yet but, like I say, the presumption is it's a stolen car.
0:14:43 > 0:14:45Why else would he change the plates?
0:14:45 > 0:14:48Doing burglaries, it's quite a common thing to do.
0:14:48 > 0:14:50That way the vehicle can't be traced.
0:14:50 > 0:14:54So, again, it's another line of enquiry and we see how far we get.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58All they can do now is look for evidence.
0:15:02 > 0:15:05Rob returns to the alleyway where they lost the driver.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07You know he's off on his toes,
0:15:07 > 0:15:10you're not going to get him there and then,
0:15:10 > 0:15:13your brain switches to catching him in the long-term, if you like.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17Basically, when the lad decamped and run up there,
0:15:17 > 0:15:20Roffe and I have chased after him and as he got to a particular point
0:15:20 > 0:15:23I seen something come to the right hand.
0:15:23 > 0:15:25Either he's discarded it or it's just dropped out his coat
0:15:25 > 0:15:27but it's come from him.
0:15:27 > 0:15:29After we completed the search, I've gone back
0:15:29 > 0:15:33and the two items are a William Hill betting slip from today,
0:15:33 > 0:15:35with a time and a date on,
0:15:35 > 0:15:38so I'm quite sure we'll be able to see who got that,
0:15:38 > 0:15:41and the other thing is one of those shoe covers that you get
0:15:41 > 0:15:44when you go around show homes or when Sky come to your house.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49There's still a chance they can match the betting shop CCTV footage
0:15:49 > 0:15:53with their own in-car footage to link the driver to the Corsa.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58Can you see him drop a glove?
0:15:59 > 0:16:03He ain't got gloves on when he comes out, which is a bonus, isn't it?
0:16:03 > 0:16:06I mean, forensically that's ideal for us,
0:16:06 > 0:16:08the fact that his fingerprints are going to be somewhere
0:16:08 > 0:16:11within the cabin area of the car.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14The fact that he's not wearing gloves on our video proves it.
0:16:14 > 0:16:16And if we find fingerprints or some forensic link to him,
0:16:16 > 0:16:20you know, he'll have some strong questions to answer
0:16:20 > 0:16:24as to why his fingerprints are in the car, so to speak.
0:16:24 > 0:16:26It's always nice to find something that you think,
0:16:26 > 0:16:30"I know this particular item is going to link this car
0:16:30 > 0:16:32"to the person that's run away
0:16:32 > 0:16:35"and I can identify the person through this particular item."
0:16:35 > 0:16:37So it's always nice, because you know in the long run
0:16:37 > 0:16:39he's going to be arrested.
0:16:40 > 0:16:42Both leads will be followed up tomorrow
0:16:42 > 0:16:46and as the crime team head back into the centre of Bradford...
0:16:50 > 0:16:5315 miles east, officers Phil Stonebanks
0:16:53 > 0:16:57and Dave Robson are policing the A1 dual carriageway.
0:16:58 > 0:17:02Even at this hour, Britain's longest road is still busy.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Phil and Dave have been called to an accident near Pontefract.
0:17:06 > 0:17:08There is one HGV involved
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and apparently it's blocking lanes two and three.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Obviously, the A1 is a very busy road
0:17:13 > 0:17:17so it could potentially cause some major problems this morning,
0:17:17 > 0:17:19depending how quickly we get it cleared.
0:17:19 > 0:17:22They all seem to be breaking.
0:17:22 > 0:17:25A flashing amber light that side. Here we go. Looks promising.
0:17:29 > 0:17:32Here we go. Stop it a minute. Stop it here.
0:17:33 > 0:17:35INDISTINCT RADIO COMMS
0:17:40 > 0:17:42The motorway cops' first priority is to assess
0:17:42 > 0:17:46the scale of the problem they face and alert the control room.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51With the HGV, just to let you know, it's come in southbound.
0:17:51 > 0:17:55Vehicle is currently jack-knifed in the central res.
0:17:56 > 0:17:59Both carriageways are disrupted.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06A jack-knifed truck is blocking one of the northbound lanes.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09The crash barrier and tonnes of earth have been ripped up
0:18:09 > 0:18:12- and dumped in the southbound lane. - It was raining, it was pitch black.
0:18:12 > 0:18:15There's no street lighting on that particular section
0:18:15 > 0:18:19so basically everything was against us.
0:18:19 > 0:18:22Slow down! Flipping heck!
0:18:22 > 0:18:25I remember Phil screaming down the radio,
0:18:25 > 0:18:27saying we need this traffic slowing.
0:18:27 > 0:18:30Make sure they're stopping. Because they were just flying by.
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Slow down!
0:18:34 > 0:18:36Use your eyes.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40Doing silly speeds, considering there's been an accident,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43it's raining and there's debris on the road
0:18:43 > 0:18:46and there's people stood in the carriageway,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49including police officers and Highway Agency officers.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51Use your eyes!
0:18:51 > 0:18:54They don't slow down, they don't give us the time
0:18:54 > 0:18:57and the space that we need to try and restore things back to normality.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01That's what's so annoying and people lose lives because of that.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03It's very frustrating.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05We are just trying to get things back as they should be
0:19:05 > 0:19:08and people just do not respect us for that.
0:19:08 > 0:19:10They don't appreciate what we're trying to do.
0:19:10 > 0:19:12Cheers, mate. Thanks.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15My wife, I think, probably does worry about me when I go to work.
0:19:15 > 0:19:18She never really says as much but you always know that,
0:19:18 > 0:19:21you know, she has got that worry at the back of her mind.
0:19:23 > 0:19:25As the blocked lanes are coned off,
0:19:25 > 0:19:28Dave tracks down the driver of the jack-knifed HGV.
0:19:28 > 0:19:30What happened?
0:19:30 > 0:19:35- A deer skipped across just ahead of the junction.- A deer ran out.
0:19:35 > 0:19:39- From which side? - Just ahead of the junction, there.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44The driver swerved to avoid a deer that jumped out in front of him.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46And what did you have to do? What was your immediate reaction?
0:19:46 > 0:19:49The first thing I did was swerve it to the left.
0:19:49 > 0:19:51I suppose it is just a natural instinct.
0:19:51 > 0:19:54You're driving along, something runs out in front of you
0:19:54 > 0:19:56and you just swerve to try and avoid it.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Assuming that is what has happened. He's been very lucky.
0:19:59 > 0:20:02It could have been very nasty, could this.
0:20:02 > 0:20:05It's obviously going to cause some chaos for the duration
0:20:05 > 0:20:10until we can get the vehicle moved, but he's been very fortunate.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13We're going to have to put a full closure on both ways, aren't we?
0:20:13 > 0:20:16- HE can't leave it there, can he? - It's certainly looking that way.
0:20:16 > 0:20:18The speed these are coming down, there are signs out,
0:20:18 > 0:20:20but they're still hurtling down at 50-60 mph.
0:20:20 > 0:20:25Closing the entire dual carriageway is a drastic step to take
0:20:25 > 0:20:27on such a major road, especially now.
0:20:28 > 0:20:31It's now nearly five in the morning.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33Basically, I'd call this time
0:20:33 > 0:20:36about the start of the rush hour round here.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38We're getting a lot more and more traffic,
0:20:38 > 0:20:41it's going to be chaos before long.
0:20:44 > 0:20:46The motorway cops will keep the road open
0:20:46 > 0:20:50until a recovery team arrives to move the jack-knifed HGV.
0:20:52 > 0:20:55But, with only one lane open, traffic is already building up,
0:20:55 > 0:20:57and one part of the road is worrying Phil.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02A bit concerned about the bend up there, where the vehicles are
0:21:02 > 0:21:05going to be queueing back round the bend, causing further tailbacks,
0:21:05 > 0:21:08and a possibility of another accident happening in the tailbacks.
0:21:08 > 0:21:14In these wet and dark conditions, the tailback just ahead of the bend
0:21:14 > 0:21:17could be hidden to oncoming drivers, who may not have time to react.
0:21:23 > 0:21:2720 miles east, near Wakefield, officers Doug Lofthouse
0:21:27 > 0:21:31and Paul Heaton are responding to another emergency call for help.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33Yeah, we're sorted now, thank you.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40At the moment, all we've got is a vehicle's collided
0:21:40 > 0:21:43with a lamppost, it's in two halves
0:21:43 > 0:21:46and we're uncertain whether anybody's injured or not.
0:21:46 > 0:21:48The crash sounds severe.
0:21:48 > 0:21:52The cops have to assume that someone could be seriously injured.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56But the crash is 15 miles away in a housing estate
0:21:56 > 0:21:59that Doug and Paul are unfamiliar with,
0:21:59 > 0:22:02and it's taking them longer to get there than they'd like.
0:22:02 > 0:22:05Nottingham's absolutely miles away, isn't it?
0:22:05 > 0:22:08Other side of fricking Castleford, isn't it?
0:22:08 > 0:22:10When they eventually get to the scene,
0:22:10 > 0:22:13the car is surrounded by a group of drunk lads.
0:22:14 > 0:22:15- Yo!- Wahey!
0:22:15 > 0:22:18- What's happened here, then? - Lad's just walked off.
0:22:18 > 0:22:20Someone smashed into me brother's house.
0:22:20 > 0:22:23Although the car isn't in two pieces as reported,
0:22:23 > 0:22:26it's still severely damaged.
0:22:26 > 0:22:27- Is it your car?- No.
0:22:27 > 0:22:30We haven't charged him for parking, though, don't worry.
0:22:30 > 0:22:34When you see a group of four to six young adult males
0:22:34 > 0:22:36that are all well in drink -
0:22:36 > 0:22:38well, it's quite fair to say that are drunk -
0:22:38 > 0:22:42and you look at a car, you've got to sometimes put two and two together
0:22:42 > 0:22:44and you think are any of those people there,
0:22:44 > 0:22:46that have been involved in this collision,
0:22:46 > 0:22:48whether they're the driver.
0:22:48 > 0:22:50I don't want you shouting in my ear hole.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53You can't...you can't...you can't do me for shouting.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54- Yeah, I can.- Don't push me.
0:22:54 > 0:22:57- No, you pushed into me. - No, you pushed into me, mate.
0:22:57 > 0:22:58You pushed into me.
0:22:58 > 0:23:01Listen, if you've nowt better to do than stand round here
0:23:01 > 0:23:03and act like an idiot, that's fine, isn't it?
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Act like an idiot?! I've come down to see my brother, mate!
0:23:05 > 0:23:07- You carry on. - A car's smashed into his garden!
0:23:07 > 0:23:11It's not a right clever estate, this, there's a lot of dickheads about, you know what I mean?
0:23:11 > 0:23:14- You're telling me!- I came down to see if he was all right.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16A job like that can very quickly...
0:23:16 > 0:23:20Not spiral out of control, but become very, very difficult,
0:23:20 > 0:23:22unless someone admits to being driving.
0:23:22 > 0:23:24Is it one, or...?
0:23:25 > 0:23:27See you later.
0:23:28 > 0:23:32But the driver is not one of the drunks. He's gone missing.
0:23:32 > 0:23:35Paul's immediate concern is to find him
0:23:35 > 0:23:37in case he was injured in the crash.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41The problem you have in impacts like this is internal injuries.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44I mean, if it hit the door...
0:23:44 > 0:23:47That's all intrusion, he would have been, wouldn't he?
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Had the impact from the lamppost been six inches further across
0:23:50 > 0:23:51towards the driver's side,
0:23:51 > 0:23:55this could quite easily have been a fatality, no doubt about it.
0:23:55 > 0:23:57The intrusion would have been far greater,
0:23:57 > 0:24:01as in the car would have pressed possibly further in and maybe
0:24:01 > 0:24:07hit the driver, just as it has here, you can see how much it's bent in.
0:24:08 > 0:24:12Just as Doug prepares to go looking for the driver, he turns up.
0:24:13 > 0:24:17- Is he all right?- Yeah, he's said he's suffering from back pain.
0:24:17 > 0:24:20I've sorted out an ambulance just to check him over.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Has he been drinking?
0:24:22 > 0:24:24Oh, he's been drinking all right, yeah.
0:24:24 > 0:24:25What we're going to do...
0:24:25 > 0:24:28- Please tell them to cut it out, please.- Yeah.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30What we're going to do is a quick breath test.
0:24:30 > 0:24:33We'll have to wait until this ambulance turns up.
0:24:34 > 0:24:35How are you doing, pal?
0:24:35 > 0:24:38I'm all right, mate. I've been silly, I've had a couple of drinks,
0:24:38 > 0:24:42I ain't going to lie, I've had a couple of drinks, I've been silly.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44Just slipped on the road there, straight into the lamppost,
0:24:44 > 0:24:46do you know what I mean?
0:24:46 > 0:24:50Although he wasn't, in my opinion, drunk, he was definitely
0:24:50 > 0:24:53under the influence of... obviously been drinking alcohol,
0:24:53 > 0:24:56just with the way his reactions were and looking at his eyes.
0:24:56 > 0:24:59Obviously probably quite shocked, really, from what's gone on.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02I mean, I ain't going to be stupid and run off or owt like that...
0:25:02 > 0:25:05No, we're more concerned - look at the damage of the car,
0:25:05 > 0:25:06- we're more concerned about you. - Yeah.
0:25:06 > 0:25:09I mean, I've got a bit of back injury here, but...
0:25:09 > 0:25:13A very lucky young man, really, to come away unscathed
0:25:13 > 0:25:15with a collision like that.
0:25:15 > 0:25:19- What's the worst that can come out of this?- What? Police..?
0:25:19 > 0:25:22I mean, obviously, I gather my licence is going to be straight...
0:25:22 > 0:25:24- What, driving offence-wise?- Yeah.
0:25:24 > 0:25:28If you're over the drink-drive limit, then you'll be banned.
0:25:28 > 0:25:30Yeah, I gathered that, you know.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32- How much have you had?- Quite a bit.
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- Not, not...- More than two pints?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38Well, I guess that, yeah, because I've been drinking them,
0:25:38 > 0:25:40like, little stubbies.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44- How old are you, Matthew? - I'm 19, mate.
0:25:44 > 0:25:48I'm not really anti people drinking, if that's what they want to do.
0:25:48 > 0:25:51Maybe it's me that is a little bit...
0:25:51 > 0:25:54Not got much hair to let down now, so maybe I don't go out any more,
0:25:54 > 0:25:57but I'm definitely not anti-drinking.
0:25:57 > 0:26:01'However, I am when it comes to getting behind the wheel of a car.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05'Even having the smallest amounts, it's going to impair'
0:26:05 > 0:26:08some of your decision-making, and people think,
0:26:08 > 0:26:11as a general rule, "I can go and have two pints."
0:26:11 > 0:26:12Well, it doesn't quite work like that.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16Everybody's different, and my simple rule that I tell everybody,
0:26:16 > 0:26:20whether that's the people I deal with or my own son who's driving,
0:26:20 > 0:26:23is have absolutely nothing if you're going to drive.
0:26:23 > 0:26:2780% of drivers aged between 17 and 24
0:26:27 > 0:26:30are unaware of the drink-driving limit.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33I'll hold it for you, if you want to lean forward a bit.
0:26:33 > 0:26:34I know it's a bit difficult.
0:26:34 > 0:26:37Right, so deep breath and blow.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40That's it, keep on going like that. BLEEPING
0:26:40 > 0:26:41Keep on going, that's it.
0:26:41 > 0:26:44And he's looking at them going to court if he's over the limit,
0:26:44 > 0:26:47losing his licence, which then can have knock-on effects
0:26:47 > 0:26:49of losing his job, losing his house...
0:26:49 > 0:26:52So what it's doing, it's just analysing
0:26:52 > 0:26:54the breath sample you've just given.
0:26:58 > 0:27:01It'll give us a reading... BLEEP
0:27:02 > 0:27:04- What's that?- You've passed. - You've passed.
0:27:04 > 0:27:06- Have I passed?- Yeah.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09You're one microgram under the drink-drive limit.
0:27:09 > 0:27:11I mean, like I've told you, I'm being truthful,
0:27:11 > 0:27:14I've had a couple of them stubbies, that's it.
0:27:14 > 0:27:16You're one under. The limit's 35.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17Had that gone above that, you'd have...
0:27:17 > 0:27:20I mean, I'm grateful for that, but I'm not grateful...
0:27:20 > 0:27:24You know what I mean? I don't need to be in this situation right now, you know what I mean?
0:27:24 > 0:27:27He came back and blew 34, and the legal limit's 35,
0:27:27 > 0:27:29so he was extremely lucky.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33But I thought that were high then.
0:27:33 > 0:27:37- Is that your car, then?- Yes, it is. Yeah, I got it on finance, you know.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40- Have you?- Yeah. - I hope you're insured.
0:27:40 > 0:27:44Oh, yeah, I'm insured, like, just third party, fire and theft.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48- Third party?- Yeah, third party, fire and theft, that's what I mean.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50Having only third party insurance
0:27:50 > 0:27:53means the driver won't have to stump up to fix the lamppost,
0:27:53 > 0:27:56but he'll get no payout for his wrecked car.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00I mean, if I got it on fully comp, like,
0:28:00 > 0:28:02it would have been about five or six grand, you know.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10The cops will report him for driving without due care and attention.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14- You can't get closer than that, can you?- He's lost a lot of money.- Yeah.
0:28:14 > 0:28:18I mean, he's come back, that's the main thing.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20And because his car was on finance
0:28:20 > 0:28:23and he only had third-party insurance,
0:28:23 > 0:28:27he will be paying for this accident for a long time to come.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31The insurance company won't pay out for the damage to his vehicle.
0:28:31 > 0:28:35In my opinion, that vehicle will be written off.
0:28:35 > 0:28:39There were far too much damage to make it repairable.
0:28:39 > 0:28:41I'd like to think that somebody like that,
0:28:41 > 0:28:44being involved in a collision of that magnitude,
0:28:44 > 0:28:46and coming back one under,
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I'd like to think would make him think for the rest of his life,
0:28:49 > 0:28:52"I'm not getting in a car when I've had a drink.
0:28:52 > 0:28:55"I'll just leave it at home, because I'm lucky to be alive,
0:28:55 > 0:28:58"I'm lucky to have my licence, and I've got to pay
0:28:58 > 0:29:00"several thousand pounds in the next few years for nothing."
0:29:00 > 0:29:05While this young driver contemplates how lucky he has been...
0:29:07 > 0:29:12..14 miles west in Bradford, Officer Mick Roffe
0:29:12 > 0:29:15is back out on the road and he has now teamed up with PC Ross Masters.
0:29:19 > 0:29:20Who's in that?
0:29:22 > 0:29:24Spare on her.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27You get to know how each other works,
0:29:27 > 0:29:31and in Mick's case, you know that if he starts looking at something,
0:29:31 > 0:29:34it's worth attention.
0:29:34 > 0:29:37Back Office 3-6, can you check for us?
0:29:37 > 0:29:40It could just be an eye glance at a vehicle,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44and you will know that he's interested in that vehicle
0:29:44 > 0:29:48and it then snowballs from there. It goes from there, basically.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50There's a lad in the passenger seat.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52Yeah. Let's drop in behind a bit.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56What's he doing, this lad?
0:29:56 > 0:29:57'It's amazing what you can tell,
0:29:57 > 0:30:00'when you get into it and you've done it for a few years,
0:30:00 > 0:30:02'what you can tell from how a car looks.'
0:30:02 > 0:30:05It was a very, very new car, but it had a wheel-trim missing,
0:30:05 > 0:30:08it was dirty, it had some scrapes on it.
0:30:08 > 0:30:10Straightaway you start to think, "Well,
0:30:10 > 0:30:13"if I'd paid that amount of money for a brand-new Golf like that,
0:30:13 > 0:30:15"I certainly wouldn't have it scraped,
0:30:15 > 0:30:19"nor would it be dirty, and I'm sure all the wheel trims would be there."
0:30:19 > 0:30:22Database is showing a mobility vehicle.
0:30:24 > 0:30:25From Shipley.
0:30:27 > 0:30:31The card is registered to a woman, but two young men are in it,
0:30:31 > 0:30:34which raises Ross and Mick's suspicions.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38Yeah, we'll have him, mate.
0:30:44 > 0:30:45Stop.
0:30:54 > 0:30:56Turn the engine off, pal.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- Your car, mate?- Well, it's not exactly my car.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04- Whose is it?- The woman who I'm going to see. Motability car.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06- It's whose? - It's a Motability car.
0:31:06 > 0:31:10- And whose car is it, then? - My aunt - well, my best mate's mum.
0:31:10 > 0:31:12- You allowed to drive it, no? - Yeah, yeah.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14Take your hands out of your pocket, pal. Put your phone down.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Fully insured. - Fully insured on it?
0:31:16 > 0:31:19- Yeah.- How come you're insured on your auntie's mobility car?
0:31:19 > 0:31:23- Because I'm the named driver. I'm her carer.- Oh, right enough.
0:31:23 > 0:31:27- Seen a bit of action, this motor. It's banged up.- Tell me about it.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30- For a 61 plate, like. - Tell me about it.
0:31:30 > 0:31:34- Have you been in bother with the police before, mate?- Yeah.- What for?
0:31:34 > 0:31:36A few year ago, just driving offences.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38Never?
0:31:38 > 0:31:41Put the interior light on for us, lads.
0:31:41 > 0:31:43There's a funny smell coming from in here.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46- A cannabis-y kind of smell.- No.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48- Are you sure?- Yeah.- All right.
0:31:48 > 0:31:51We'll just check you two, and as long as you're all right,
0:31:51 > 0:31:53you're on your way, honestly.
0:31:53 > 0:31:55'Mick's speaking with the two lads'
0:31:55 > 0:31:59and I'm looking at the passenger, and he's nervous.
0:31:59 > 0:32:05He's twitching, he's constantly sort of looking straight ahead.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07He was almost shaking.
0:32:07 > 0:32:10At that point, you think, "Something's not right."
0:32:10 > 0:32:12You look a bit nervous, pal.
0:32:12 > 0:32:15- Got owt on you you shouldn't have, lads?- No.
0:32:15 > 0:32:19'The worst thing about our job is, and potentially the best thing,'
0:32:19 > 0:32:21is you get to spot a liar straightaway.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25As soon as you spot a liar, you think, "There's more to it."
0:32:25 > 0:32:29Ross radios the control room to check up on the two men.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33The passenger has no record, but the driver is well known to the police.
0:32:33 > 0:32:38'Possession of class A. Got a violence marker
0:32:38 > 0:32:41'for assaulting a police officer in 2007.'
0:32:41 > 0:32:44That is everything you don't want to hear when you're talking to somebody.
0:32:44 > 0:32:47Because at any moment, if he's done it in the past,
0:32:47 > 0:32:49he's had the mindset in the past to do it, he may do it again.
0:32:49 > 0:32:52I'm potentially looking at a threat there.
0:32:52 > 0:32:54Been done for drugs before?
0:32:58 > 0:32:59It was only going to go one way.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02They were always going to be detained and searched.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04Just pop out for us.
0:33:04 > 0:33:06Just face the car and put your hands on the roof.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09Have you got anything on you you shouldn't have?
0:33:09 > 0:33:11- Got something in my wallet. - You've got what, sorry?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14- Something in my wallet. - What have you got in your wallet?
0:33:14 > 0:33:16- I've got, like, a bit of cocaine. - All right, fella.
0:33:16 > 0:33:17What's that for?
0:33:17 > 0:33:20Just because you've been detained for a search.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22- Ever been in trouble for drugs before?- No.
0:33:25 > 0:33:27'Right from being a teenager'
0:33:27 > 0:33:32I've always been against drugs of any type...that are illegal.
0:33:32 > 0:33:36And yeah, people have different stances, don't they?
0:33:36 > 0:33:39For me, any drug that's illegal,
0:33:39 > 0:33:41you shouldn't have it, and I'll deal with them for it.
0:33:41 > 0:33:43Little bit of cocaine,
0:33:43 > 0:33:46he admitted to having it before I started searching.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50Probably about a gram.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53Have you got owt else on you you shouldn't have?
0:33:53 > 0:33:55No. You'll see when you search.
0:33:55 > 0:33:58Although they found some drugs on the passenger,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00the driver has nothing on him.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Where's that cash from?- My cash.
0:34:08 > 0:34:10- Nothing else in here?- No.
0:34:11 > 0:34:15But a search of the car soon reveals what Mick is looking for.
0:34:15 > 0:34:19- What is it? Pills?- About 30 pills.
0:34:19 > 0:34:23Beneath the driver's console there, there's about 30 tablets,
0:34:23 > 0:34:25street-wrapped in a plastic wrap.
0:34:25 > 0:34:29A further search of the car reveals more drugs.
0:34:29 > 0:34:32White rock-like substance which is going to be...
0:34:32 > 0:34:35- probably crack cocaine as well. - And something else.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39- Shouldn't have that, mate, should you?- It's more of a novelty thing.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- You have to come down to the nick for that, mate.- I bought it from Barkers!
0:34:43 > 0:34:45Lock knife, mate.
0:34:45 > 0:34:48He's got a lock knife, door pocket.
0:34:48 > 0:34:49Shouldn't have that.
0:34:49 > 0:34:51'The fact that it's in the driver's door pocket
0:34:51 > 0:34:52'says so many other things.'
0:34:52 > 0:34:55He's probably going to be right-handed,
0:34:55 > 0:34:58he'll be able to reach down, produce it, use it,
0:34:58 > 0:35:00should he need to, at a moment's notice.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03To me, that just shows a level of intent.
0:35:03 > 0:35:05If you had a lock knife in the boot, then, yeah, OK,
0:35:05 > 0:35:07you've got a lock knife, you shouldn't have it,
0:35:07 > 0:35:09but it's not readily available.
0:35:09 > 0:35:11This guy had that knife there, in my opinion,
0:35:11 > 0:35:13to use it to protect himself.
0:35:13 > 0:35:16Boys, it gets worse, doesn't it?
0:35:16 > 0:35:19It gets worse. You should not have that either.
0:35:21 > 0:35:25So, to me, it started to paint a really, really worrying picture.
0:35:28 > 0:35:30What began as a routine stop
0:35:30 > 0:35:33is snowballing into a significant drugs bust.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36It's a never-ending situation, but you can't just give up.
0:35:36 > 0:35:38If you stop dealing with these people for drugs
0:35:38 > 0:35:42and stop taking people off the streets and, you know,
0:35:42 > 0:35:46and trying to get the different levels of criminality
0:35:46 > 0:35:49off the streets, it would get overrun.
0:35:49 > 0:35:51You know, you can't not stop doing it.
0:35:51 > 0:35:54- What's all this, mate? - It's from my mate's garden.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58- It's from your mate's garden?! - From his mate's cannabis garden.
0:35:59 > 0:36:02Boys, at this moment in time, you're both under arrest
0:36:02 > 0:36:05on possession with intent to supply controlled drugs, all right?
0:36:05 > 0:36:08You're also both under arrest, you're still under caution,
0:36:08 > 0:36:10for possession of an offensive weapon as well.
0:36:10 > 0:36:13They'll be taken to the police station and booked in
0:36:13 > 0:36:16but, primarily now, we need to get some searches done.
0:36:16 > 0:36:18Now the cops have found drugs in the car,
0:36:18 > 0:36:21they have the power to search the driver's home address.
0:36:22 > 0:36:24As they organise a raid...
0:36:27 > 0:36:30..15 miles away, on the A1, at the site of the jackknifed lorry,
0:36:30 > 0:36:34officers Phil Stonebanks and Dave Robson are still fighting
0:36:34 > 0:36:38to reopen the blocked lanes, and time is against them.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41My mum always said if I didn't work hard at school,
0:36:41 > 0:36:43I'd end up sweeping the streets. She was right.
0:36:43 > 0:36:48The tailback caused by the accident is now stretching over 500 metres
0:36:48 > 0:36:50towards a bend in the motorway.
0:36:50 > 0:36:53Traffic was just starting to build up.
0:36:53 > 0:36:54The early morning risers
0:36:54 > 0:36:57were on their way to work or were just starting work.
0:36:57 > 0:37:01It was starting to get busy with lorries and cars.
0:37:01 > 0:37:02And it was quite obvious
0:37:02 > 0:37:05that traffic was quickly going to start tailing back.
0:37:06 > 0:37:11A lane has been kept open in each direction to keep traffic moving.
0:37:11 > 0:37:13But there's still a long tailback.
0:37:13 > 0:37:15We know there's going to be some backlog,
0:37:15 > 0:37:17and you always think that you're trying to make it safe
0:37:17 > 0:37:19so there isn't going to be another accident
0:37:19 > 0:37:23and, with any accident, it could be from bumper to bumper,
0:37:23 > 0:37:27up to the worst, a fatal, and you...
0:37:27 > 0:37:31you never expect it, you never want to think about that happening.
0:37:31 > 0:37:34As they wait for a recovery team to shift the HGV,
0:37:34 > 0:37:37a call comes in over the radio.
0:37:37 > 0:37:40It's just what the cops feared.
0:37:40 > 0:37:43Bloody hell. Another bump just further down now.
0:37:43 > 0:37:459-0, is that another one down here somewhere?
0:37:46 > 0:37:51There's been another accident between two articulated goods vehicles.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54One's run into the back of the other one
0:37:54 > 0:37:56and it's potentially quite serious.
0:38:00 > 0:38:03- Did you get that?- Yeah, it's looking bad. Down here?- Yeah.
0:38:04 > 0:38:08Yeah, the information is that this one on the northbound
0:38:08 > 0:38:10is, er, confirmed fatality.
0:38:10 > 0:38:14That's in the tailbacks, heading up to the first RTC,
0:38:14 > 0:38:18so heading down there now to assist, just literally round the corner.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27Bloody hell. What a mess.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32When I got to the scene and saw the state of the lorry,
0:38:32 > 0:38:35it was a pretty harrowing sight.
0:38:36 > 0:38:40Tragically, the driver of the lorry hasn't survived.
0:38:43 > 0:38:46The engine's smashed to pieces...
0:38:46 > 0:38:49- and you can see that he's no way of surviving that.- Bloody hell.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54The gearbox had been smashed out, the prop shaft had been smashed out.
0:38:56 > 0:38:59That's the most damage I've seen to a lorry
0:38:59 > 0:39:01in my 17 years as a traffic officer, it was horrendous.
0:39:04 > 0:39:05Jesus.
0:39:08 > 0:39:12Yeah, it's obviously as bad as it gets, is this one.
0:39:12 > 0:39:15You know, we've had one fairly minor incident up there
0:39:15 > 0:39:17where the lorry's allegedly swerved to miss a deer.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19As a result of that,
0:39:19 > 0:39:22it's caused tailbacks round the corner round here.
0:39:22 > 0:39:25There's a lorry here which has obviously had to stop.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27This one obviously hasn't managed to stop in time.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32And as you can see from the state of the cab,
0:39:32 > 0:39:35there's no way the poor guy could have survived it.
0:39:37 > 0:39:40You've just got to be professional, at the end of the day.
0:39:40 > 0:39:43You've got to take your emotional head of, stick that on one side
0:39:43 > 0:39:45and do the job that you're paid to do.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48The families would expect that from you.
0:39:48 > 0:39:49It's what everybody expects from you.
0:39:49 > 0:39:51You've got to remain professional throughout
0:39:51 > 0:39:53and do what you get paid to do.
0:39:53 > 0:39:56Because there's been a fatality,
0:39:56 > 0:39:59this will be now be treated as a crime scene.
0:39:59 > 0:40:02The cause of death needs to be investigated,
0:40:02 > 0:40:04and Dave takes detailed statements from witnesses.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08The driver whose truck took the full force
0:40:08 > 0:40:11of the HGV colliding with it from behind
0:40:11 > 0:40:13is being treated for injuries to his neck and back.
0:40:14 > 0:40:18You all right? Can I just get a few details before he goes?
0:40:18 > 0:40:20What do you remember happening, Richard?
0:40:41 > 0:40:44Right, OK, then. Like I say, someone'll come and speak to you
0:40:44 > 0:40:47and just jot it down in writing later on.
0:40:47 > 0:40:50Right. Thank you very much. Cheers.
0:40:52 > 0:40:58We know on this time that matrixes were set to slow people down.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01We don't know what has happened and the reason why.
0:41:01 > 0:41:03But that should have slowed the traffic down.
0:41:07 > 0:41:10The HGV hit the end of the tailback with such force,
0:41:10 > 0:41:14it caused a domino effect, pushing three trucks into one another
0:41:14 > 0:41:16and then finally shunting into a BMW.
0:41:20 > 0:41:24While they investigate the accident, the traffic continues to build up,
0:41:24 > 0:41:28and the knock-on effects from this will be felt for miles around.
0:41:30 > 0:41:33That all became part of one big accident scene.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36The scene was locked down for... I believe it was about 15 hours,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40the A1 was closed, which obviously caused horrendous problems
0:41:40 > 0:41:42for anyone who was wanting to use that road
0:41:42 > 0:41:44or even the surrounding area.
0:41:45 > 0:41:48The motorway cops will be on duty all night
0:41:48 > 0:41:52to reduce the chaos caused by diverting thousands of vehicles
0:41:52 > 0:41:54- to B roads surrounding the crash site.- Come on.
0:41:57 > 0:42:00Back in Bradford, Mick and Ross are still dealing with
0:42:00 > 0:42:02the two men stopped with drugs in the car.
0:42:04 > 0:42:07- You are proper in trouble, mate, yeah.- What for?
0:42:07 > 0:42:08For the knives and all of the drugs!
0:42:08 > 0:42:11Well, you are in t'car, you are in t'frame.
0:42:11 > 0:42:13There's drugs in your back pocket as well.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17Well, we'll see what happens, later.
0:42:18 > 0:42:20The cops have sent a search team
0:42:20 > 0:42:23to raid the driver's property in Bradford city centre.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28They'll be paying the minimal rent or get given it
0:42:28 > 0:42:30and they just treat it like shit.
0:42:32 > 0:42:33Hmm.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38- "Quickly melts frost, snow and ice." - That's what this is, same stuff.
0:42:38 > 0:42:40"For steps, paths and driveways."
0:42:41 > 0:42:43It is often mixed with cocaine to bulk out supplies
0:42:43 > 0:42:45and increase profits.
0:42:46 > 0:42:51He's got a mortar and pestle here so he's obviously got this
0:42:51 > 0:42:54other agent, the doorstep defroster
0:42:54 > 0:42:58and he's bashing that up and mixing it with something else
0:42:58 > 0:43:00and passing that off.
0:43:00 > 0:43:03That's all we can surmise at this stage.
0:43:03 > 0:43:08Then they find the something else stuffed down the back of the sofa.
0:43:08 > 0:43:10I bet that is coke and then he's bashing it in with that.
0:43:12 > 0:43:14That is a fair bit of coke if it is.
0:43:16 > 0:43:18In the bedroom, there are more drugs.
0:43:19 > 0:43:21His set of digital scales
0:43:21 > 0:43:24and what just may well be cocaine on the top of it there.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30And there's a little knife there so he has possibly been cutting
0:43:30 > 0:43:32that up and weighing it prior to bagging and selling.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Unfortunately drugs are everywhere.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40I'm sure there is not one place in the UK where you can go
0:43:40 > 0:43:43where if you needed an illegal drug, you couldn't
0:43:43 > 0:43:46make a phone call and it would be with you in 10 minutes.
0:43:46 > 0:43:49That is the level of the trade that members of the public really
0:43:49 > 0:43:51are blissfully unaware.
0:43:51 > 0:43:53And I'd like to keep it that way almost because
0:43:53 > 0:43:57I wouldn't like to know the real horror and the real scale of
0:43:57 > 0:44:00the level of drugs in our society because it is huge.
0:44:00 > 0:44:04They also find equipment which can be used to grow cannabis.
0:44:04 > 0:44:06Growing compound there.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Growing bins.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12And you have got your large fan units here,
0:44:12 > 0:44:15quite a few quid's worth, that's for sure.
0:44:15 > 0:44:17These are your growing tents.
0:44:17 > 0:44:19Silver foil.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21Just ready to set up, it's quite a lot there
0:44:21 > 0:44:23so it might have been quite a sizeable one.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25That is a heavy-duty boy, is that.
0:44:27 > 0:44:31This all here is ready and waiting to go somewhere.
0:44:31 > 0:44:35With the evidence mounting up, the slow process of logging it begins.
0:44:36 > 0:44:40- So what's going to be the first thing to put in here?- Right...
0:44:40 > 0:44:41Cannabis?
0:44:41 > 0:44:46- Growth preparation equipment. - TWG ones?- Yes.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48I think that's the best way.
0:44:48 > 0:44:50PC Gillen updates the rest of the team
0:44:50 > 0:44:52on the progress of their search.
0:44:52 > 0:44:58We've found everything with regards to a cannabis farm
0:44:58 > 0:45:01so we just want to take it and dispose of it somehow.
0:45:01 > 0:45:04Numerous phones are also seized.
0:45:04 > 0:45:07They'll be checked for evidence of customer telephone numbers
0:45:07 > 0:45:09and incriminating texts.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13Along with the phones, a car load of evidence is bagged
0:45:13 > 0:45:17and the driver's drugs operation is shut down.
0:45:18 > 0:45:20Out of the corner of your eye, you spot something
0:45:20 > 0:45:22which leads you to a car,
0:45:22 > 0:45:25which ultimately leads you to these two people
0:45:25 > 0:45:27and at this point you can then deal with them positively,
0:45:27 > 0:45:30you can bring them to justice, you can take them out of the equation,
0:45:30 > 0:45:32they can be dealt with by the courts.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36The scale of the find means
0:45:36 > 0:45:40that Mick will be doing paperwork for the rest of his shift.
0:45:41 > 0:45:43People will say it is a recreational drug.
0:45:43 > 0:45:47I've seen how that goes and it's not pretty and it's not nice
0:45:47 > 0:45:51and for me, everyone who I stop and deal with for drug supply
0:45:51 > 0:45:53should be given hefty prison sentences,
0:45:53 > 0:45:55should be given something,
0:45:55 > 0:45:58some kind of incentive not to continue doing what they're doing
0:45:58 > 0:46:02because ultimately they do destroy people's lives.
0:46:10 > 0:46:14Near Pontefract, accident investigators are looking for
0:46:14 > 0:46:17evidence to try and determine what caused the fatal crash on the A1.
0:46:19 > 0:46:23The road remains closed while the central barrier is repaired
0:46:23 > 0:46:25and diversions set up.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30This morning PC Aidy Brown has received a call,
0:46:30 > 0:46:31an HGV driver has had an accident
0:46:31 > 0:46:34on one of the B-roads running close to the motorway.
0:46:34 > 0:46:38I'm back with you now. Where's this bridge strike again, please?
0:46:40 > 0:46:43'Hardwick Road, Hardwick Road. East Hardwick.'
0:46:44 > 0:46:49It would appear that a goods vehicle has struck a bridge.
0:46:51 > 0:46:54I suspect it's going to be over high.
0:46:54 > 0:46:58Whenever we hear about we've got a motorway closure on,
0:46:58 > 0:47:01it's just a case of, "We'll wait and see
0:47:01 > 0:47:04"when the next bridge strike's going to happen,"
0:47:04 > 0:47:06and we'll kind of guess where it's going to be.
0:47:06 > 0:47:08It will always happen.
0:47:15 > 0:47:19Normally if they are going quite slowly they just catch it
0:47:19 > 0:47:21and they are normally still under it.
0:47:25 > 0:47:27- How do?- All right?
0:47:27 > 0:47:33I have got recovery jacked up to come for the trailer
0:47:33 > 0:47:36but we're going to need to sort something out
0:47:36 > 0:47:39regarding the flow of traffic.
0:47:39 > 0:47:41And there's a very shaky driver.
0:47:41 > 0:47:44They're going to struggle to turn round, aren't they?
0:47:44 > 0:47:47The wagons are but there's even a bus stuck as well.
0:47:48 > 0:47:50You all right?
0:47:50 > 0:47:52- Shaken.- A bit of a shock?
0:47:53 > 0:47:56- You're not hurt, though.- Oh.
0:47:57 > 0:48:01- Is cab all right?- Aye, I think so.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- Where were you going to?- Tuxford.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07Only cut off here because the motorway was shut
0:48:07 > 0:48:10- last night and I was virtually at my time.- Oh, right.
0:48:10 > 0:48:12- I parked in the first lay-by. - Yeah, yeah.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13Oh, mate!
0:48:13 > 0:48:15'He's had an accident, he were really shaken up by that.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18You could tell he's, you know, sorry for what he's done.
0:48:18 > 0:48:21It was a bigger shock to him than it was to everybody else
0:48:21 > 0:48:22that's involved, I think.
0:48:24 > 0:48:28Although we do have a responsibility to investigate incidents
0:48:28 > 0:48:31and deal with people if they've caused minor accidents or
0:48:31 > 0:48:35committed an offence of due care and attention, anything like that,
0:48:35 > 0:48:38you know, it's not my job to rub his nose in it really.
0:48:38 > 0:48:43He wouldn't have caused that accident of crashing into that bridge
0:48:43 > 0:48:45if the motorway had not have been closed.
0:48:45 > 0:48:46I'll just go and have a look.
0:48:49 > 0:48:51You've made the job of it, driver!
0:48:51 > 0:48:54I mean, I wasnae going fast.
0:48:56 > 0:49:00Have you got, like, a warning plate up for what you are?
0:49:00 > 0:49:04Aye, it says in there 14' 8" but you'd normally get a thingummy
0:49:04 > 0:49:06and, plus,
0:49:06 > 0:49:10er, I was on the diversionary road. I know it's no' an excuse.
0:49:10 > 0:49:13- Where's your height plate?- Aye, there's just that card up there.
0:49:13 > 0:49:1514' 9", yeah.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18The plate in the cab gives the height of the lorry
0:49:18 > 0:49:20for the driver to check against bridge heights.
0:49:21 > 0:49:24I'm not a mathematician but that's about 3 inch too high.
0:49:24 > 0:49:27- HE CHUCKLES - You...
0:49:29 > 0:49:30Aye, well.
0:49:30 > 0:49:33That tiny, little mistake he's made there, believing he were
0:49:33 > 0:49:38smaller than he was, um, it's caused absolute chaos and mayhem.
0:49:38 > 0:49:42We've had to close an arterial route into a town
0:49:42 > 0:49:45for several hours to get it all recovered and, you know,
0:49:45 > 0:49:47all the damage that's been caused.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50Thousands of pounds worth of damage to his trailer.
0:49:50 > 0:49:51Well, we might as well try and get
0:49:51 > 0:49:53some of this shifted, then, hadn't we?
0:49:57 > 0:49:58HE CHUCKLES
0:49:59 > 0:50:01Got to do us public-spirited bit.
0:50:01 > 0:50:04But it's not just the roads that are affected.
0:50:04 > 0:50:08A busy rail line between York and Sheffield has had to be closed.
0:50:08 > 0:50:11An engineer is inspecting it for damage.
0:50:11 > 0:50:14This one gets hit quite a bit, this one does, yeah.
0:50:14 > 0:50:16Why's that?
0:50:18 > 0:50:21Well, I have no idea because all t'signs are up
0:50:21 > 0:50:24and they obviously know the size of the bridge, so they must
0:50:24 > 0:50:27think, "Oh, well, a couple of inches is not going to matter,"
0:50:27 > 0:50:29but, obviously, it does.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33This metal plate, that's the track bed.
0:50:35 > 0:50:38And if it gets a sustainable sidewards push,
0:50:38 > 0:50:40it makes the track out of line.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42Obviously you can't run trains.
0:50:42 > 0:50:44But I've checked all the track and nothing's moved up there,
0:50:44 > 0:50:49so obviously his lorry's three inch higher than what the bridge
0:50:49 > 0:50:51permits to go under and...
0:50:52 > 0:50:54..three inch has caused that.
0:50:58 > 0:51:00I don't think, to be honest, he's actually, er...
0:51:02 > 0:51:06..he's actually braked or even tried to stop before it,
0:51:06 > 0:51:08get out and have a look and see whether he is or he isn't.
0:51:08 > 0:51:10Oh, yeah, I mean, if you're going to have a go,
0:51:10 > 0:51:13you're at least...you're going to be less than three inches, you know,
0:51:13 > 0:51:17a centimetre or something or at least pull up,
0:51:17 > 0:51:20get out and have a look at it visually so you can see yourself.
0:51:20 > 0:51:22But, um, you know, that's it.
0:51:22 > 0:51:25He's hit the bridge and he'll be dealt with accordingly for that.
0:51:27 > 0:51:29The rail track can be reopened
0:51:29 > 0:51:32despite what must have been a huge impact.
0:51:32 > 0:51:36I don't think, a lot of the time, that they realise
0:51:36 > 0:51:39just this tiny, little thing that they've made a mistake over
0:51:39 > 0:51:43has caused such a big effect to everybody.
0:51:44 > 0:51:47Traffic diverted to this road will face yet another diversion
0:51:47 > 0:51:50until all the debris can be removed.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54But at least here, no-one's been hurt.
0:51:56 > 0:51:59On the A1 at the site of the fatal accident,
0:51:59 > 0:52:02PC Phil Stonebanks is working to get the road reopened.
0:52:02 > 0:52:04It's 8.20.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06I think we've been here about four hours now.
0:52:07 > 0:52:09With the A1 shut down,
0:52:09 > 0:52:10the cops have to keep monitoring
0:52:10 > 0:52:12the increased traffic on the B-roads.
0:52:12 > 0:52:16Yeah, we've just got an update. We've got the helicopter up now.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18It's daylight and they're just having a float round the area
0:52:18 > 0:52:20just to see what the traffic situation is.
0:52:20 > 0:52:25Here in the middle, at the actual scene itself, it's shut completely.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27We're in a sterile area
0:52:27 > 0:52:30but all the surrounding roads around Pontefract and heading
0:52:30 > 0:52:33down towards Doncaster and suchlike, it's just absolute chaos now.
0:52:36 > 0:52:39Because it's unclear why the deceased driver wasn't able to
0:52:39 > 0:52:43stop in time, the wreckage of his truck is carefully recovered
0:52:43 > 0:52:44and removed for examination.
0:52:45 > 0:52:48We have a duty to investigate that accident
0:52:48 > 0:52:50for the deceased driver and for his family. Just to find out
0:52:50 > 0:52:52exactly what happened.
0:52:52 > 0:52:55It could've been a mechanical fault on his vehicle.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58His brakes might've failed. We don't know
0:52:58 > 0:53:01until we've analysed it in the minutest detail,
0:53:01 > 0:53:05just to find out exactly what did cause the accident.
0:53:09 > 0:53:13Six miles away in a vehicle recovery yard near Wakefield,
0:53:13 > 0:53:16Police Accident Investigator Keith Rayner sees the HGV wreckage
0:53:16 > 0:53:18for the first time.
0:53:18 > 0:53:22It's unfortunately typical of two HGVs being involved in accidents.
0:53:22 > 0:53:28You've so much energy, you've so much weight, er, you only see
0:53:28 > 0:53:32this when you've got multiple HGVs or commercial vehicles.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36The HGV's tachograph records speed and distance.
0:53:38 > 0:53:41It reveals the truck didn't slow down before impact.
0:53:43 > 0:53:47His tachograph, at the moment, the download just shows basically
0:53:47 > 0:53:50a constant speed in the region of 50mph.
0:53:51 > 0:53:54Is it because he hasn't seen anybody slowing down,
0:53:54 > 0:53:58and he hasn't slowed down, or because he couldn't slow down?
0:53:58 > 0:54:01And that's the issue that we're trying to establish.
0:54:03 > 0:54:07The answer may lie with the truck's braking systems.
0:54:07 > 0:54:09Is there any way we can connect something up
0:54:09 > 0:54:10to get something to work?
0:54:11 > 0:54:15Er, if not, we have to look at the individual components,
0:54:15 > 0:54:16activate them.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20So we sort of start at one end and work back as far as we can.
0:54:20 > 0:54:22ENGINE TURNING
0:54:29 > 0:54:32So although we can't check every component on the vehicle
0:54:32 > 0:54:34because of the damage, the components we have checked
0:54:34 > 0:54:38haven't given us any indication that we've got anything wrong.
0:54:39 > 0:54:44The truck's got multisystems to activate all the brakes.
0:54:44 > 0:54:46It's unlikely that you're going to get a failure of every one
0:54:46 > 0:54:49to cause a total, catastrophic failure.
0:54:50 > 0:54:53They also inspect the truck's headlights to see
0:54:53 > 0:54:55if they were on at the time of impact.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59I don't know if... Can you see that? This...
0:55:00 > 0:55:04If you look at the distortion of the filament,
0:55:04 > 0:55:05it's stopped so quickly
0:55:05 > 0:55:08that even the filament wants to carry on going.
0:55:09 > 0:55:11And being, in effect, white-hot...
0:55:11 > 0:55:12it just continues.
0:55:12 > 0:55:17So that's a definite indication...
0:55:17 > 0:55:20or a good indication the headlamp was on at the time of impact.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25To find out if the brake lights were on too,
0:55:25 > 0:55:28Keith is looking for the same kind of filament distortion.
0:55:30 > 0:55:31Nothing, is there?
0:55:33 > 0:55:35Like that headlamp one that we looked at,
0:55:35 > 0:55:37if the filament's distorted,
0:55:37 > 0:55:41it would suggest that it's been hot when it was distorted.
0:55:42 > 0:55:44But none of these are distorted.
0:55:44 > 0:55:46The evidence is inconclusive
0:55:46 > 0:55:49but points towards human error.
0:55:49 > 0:55:51At the moment, there's nothing standing out with this to me
0:55:51 > 0:55:53that would cause me a concern.
0:55:56 > 0:55:57If you haven't got owt wrong with the road,
0:55:57 > 0:55:59or owt wrong with the vehicle,
0:55:59 > 0:56:04you are down to the operator of the vehicle. Why didn't he brake?
0:56:05 > 0:56:09Nobody really wants to accept that somebody has made a mistake...
0:56:10 > 0:56:12..that ends up with such tragic consequences.
0:56:14 > 0:56:17All the facts that Keith gathers from the examination
0:56:17 > 0:56:19will go in the report to the coroner,
0:56:19 > 0:56:23who will determine exactly what caused the accident.
0:56:24 > 0:56:27You always have thoughts about the person that's died.
0:56:27 > 0:56:29You wonder who they are, what they were doing.
0:56:29 > 0:56:31Have they got any family? Have they got any kids?
0:56:31 > 0:56:34Er, you know, you always think about things like that.
0:56:34 > 0:56:37And you're thinking, "That guy turned in for work this morning,
0:56:37 > 0:56:39"got in his lorry, set off to do the job, or do the route
0:56:39 > 0:56:44"he's probably done 300 to 400 times for maybe 5, 10, 20 years."
0:56:46 > 0:56:48You always think about them,
0:56:48 > 0:56:50the number of people that's been affected by
0:56:50 > 0:56:53someone losing their life in such tragic circumstances.
0:56:55 > 0:56:59At the inquest, the coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death
0:56:59 > 0:57:02but found the evidence available could not explain why
0:57:02 > 0:57:05the driver did not slow down or change direction.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10Police tried to identify the driver of the silver Corsa
0:57:10 > 0:57:13pursued by PCs Mick Roffe and Rob Jones in Bradford,
0:57:13 > 0:57:16but all leads have so far proved inconclusive.
0:57:18 > 0:57:21The young man who crashed his car into a lamppost pleaded
0:57:21 > 0:57:24guilty to driving without due care and attention.
0:57:24 > 0:57:28He was fined £100 and given three penalty points on his licence.
0:57:29 > 0:57:31The driver of the black Volkswagen Golf
0:57:31 > 0:57:35stopped in Bradford by PCs Mick Roffe and Ross Masters
0:57:35 > 0:57:38pleaded guilty to possession of class A drugs with intent
0:57:38 > 0:57:41to supply and possession of an offensive weapon.
0:57:41 > 0:57:44He received a 33-month prison sentence.
0:57:44 > 0:57:47The drugs found at the house were confirmed as cocaine,
0:57:47 > 0:57:52and valued at over £5,500.
0:57:52 > 0:57:53The passenger was not dealing
0:57:53 > 0:57:58but pleaded guilty to possession of cocaine and was fined £250.
0:58:00 > 0:58:04And the lorry driver who crashed his HGV into the bridge,
0:58:04 > 0:58:07was found guilty of driving without due care and attention.
0:58:07 > 0:58:11He was fined £170 and received four points on his licence.