Ref: FOI/19172
RE: FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 REQUEST
I am writing to confirm that the West Midlands Fire Service has now completed its search for the information you requested further to your freedom of information request.
Please find below a summary of our findings.
Request
How many of your fire trucks/engines were destroyed (by destroyed I mean damaged beyond economic repair) in 2018/19 following any kind of road traffic accident? What was the make and model of the most expensive vehicle that was written off?
Reply
In the year 2018/2019 no West Midlands Fire Service vehicles were damaged beyond economic repair.
Request
What was the total cost of this damage to your service because of the accidents referred to in Q.1?
Reply
The total cost was £00.00
Request
If you were insured and suffered no direct cost other than through your insurance premiums, please provide me with a figure for the total value of those vehicles when written off.
Reply
Not applicable
Request
In the 2018/19 financial year, how many claims of compensation were paid to members of the public who were injured in a collision involving one of your vehicles and what was the total amount of the compensation? Please note that members of the public could be a passenger in your vehicle, a pedestrian or the driver/passenger in another vehicle.
Reply
The total number of claims for compensation paid to members of the public who were injured in a collision involving one of our vehicles was 5, the total amount of compensation paid for third party injury was £19161
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