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| "Halton police vehicle collisions up in 2017 126 service vehicle collisions reported in 2017 DAVID LEA dlea@metroland.com Halton police vehiéle collisions were up in 2017 and so was the average damage cost for those colli- S108. These were among the findings of a summary re- port ongpolice vehicle colli- sions, which was discussed during a recent meeting of the Halton Regional Police Service Board. The report found there were 126 service vehicle collisions in 2017 with dam- age costs totalling $320,500. This figure includes five police vehicles, which were complete write offs. These numbers re- present a slight increase over 2016's 121 collisions, Walmar which resulted. in four ve- hicles being written off and -a damage total of $283,074. The report classified 73 of these 126 collisions as preventable, which is an increase over the 66 pre ventable collisions in 2016 The majority of these preventable collis ons (39) resulted from on officer "failing to cbs 'rve clear- ances," which means the officer struc- a stationary Supercentre Metroland file photo Halton police vehicle collisions were up in 2017. object like a curb, light standard or parked vehi- cle. There was also an in- crease in collisions caused 'as aresult of failing to yield > A Wu with five incidents report- ed in 2ul7,compared to one incident in 2016. Police point out the 2017 failure to yield numbers are considerably lower than in 2014, which saw 12 incidents in this category. Halton police Chief Ste- phen Tanner said there is remedial training for offi- cers who are involved in more than one preventable collision. He also pointed out po- lice vehicles are driven ex- tensively throughout the year. In 2017 Tanner said Hal- ton police vehicles trav- elled a total of 7.7 million kilometres, which repre- sents a four per cent in- crease compared to 2016. The report noted patrol vehicles, which represent the majority of the police fleet, are driven 24/7 and average approximately 50,000 km per yedr: Police also pointed eut that of the 126 collisions re- ported last year, 28 per cent did not incur repair costs as either the damage was deemed too minor or the vehicle was at the end of its life cycle and deemed not cost effective to repair. The report also noted that in 2017 there were 28 incidents involving non- collision related damage to service vehicles with dam- ages totalling $15,435. Of those incidents 21 per cent were minor and did not require repair. Eleven of these inci- dents involved .damage to the vehicle's windshields/ wn ' glass while 13 incidents in- rior/extefior damage. Four incidents involved damage caused by prison- ers. This non-collision relat- ed damage was down from 48 incidents reported in 2016, which resulted in to- tal damage costs of $14,211. A, for our " volved hay engine/ints: newsletter insidehalton.com / newsletter BEER CRAFT, DOMESTIC, IMPORT BEER OR CIDER en Milton James snow Pkwy & Hwy 401 -- Ww 8102 '61 |udy 'Aepsiny] | uofdwey) ueipeued uo | Woo uoyeyapisul