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All New Traffic Cops - Season 13 Episode 1
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00:00Police have some data! Stop!
00:02The driver's making off.
00:04Derbyshire traffic cops.
00:05Pull over in here now!
00:07Might be game on for something here.
00:09It's just gone. Go, go, go, go.
00:12Patrol some of the country's most dangerous roads.
00:15Speed is 4-0. The vehicle's all over the road.
00:19Driving head-on.
00:20He's up the kerb.
00:21Into danger.
00:22Just have warning markers for the firearms.
00:25The vehicle's gone.
00:26Get out of the car!
00:28Wow, good.
00:29Designed to look like a mobile phone.
00:31Don't pull away, fella.
00:33With rising crime rates.
00:36Officers are under pressure.
00:38Stop! Get out of here!
00:40No good at it!
00:41Come out of here now!
00:42You're under arrest.
00:45Police!
00:46With lives on the line.
00:47We're going to need at least three or four ambulances.
00:51Is it fuel?
00:52Right, move away from this car now!
00:54The stakes are high.
00:56Is it looking good at the minute?
00:57For the traffic cops.
00:59We've blown 128.
01:0011 minutes past two in the afternoon.
01:02You're under arrest.
01:03On special motor vehicles.
01:05Kenny, do not run.
01:07Smack the officer!
01:09Another problem!
01:10All right.
01:14It's got a vehicle failing to stop.
01:16Coming up.
01:17It's a crash, crash, crash.
01:19The driver's running.
01:20Young, dangerous drivers.
01:23Speed is 9-0.
01:25Vehicles all over the road.
01:26At high speed.
01:27There was absolutely nothing.
01:29Straight, I don't mean anything.
01:32Causing chaos.
01:33These cars are killing machines.
01:35Slow down, mate, yeah?
01:37And emergency services.
01:39Where's the wedge in, Tom?
01:40It's pinned by his head.
01:42Fight to save a young man's life.
01:45We are breathing poorly.
01:46It isn't looking particularly good at the minute.
02:03Oh, close.
02:04Van, mate.
02:05Like, moved into Fair Lane.
02:07About two foot from that red car.
02:10Near Chesterfield, traffic cop Matt Cooling is on patrol,
02:14looking for a young, disqualified driver.
02:17See you in, Stu.
02:18Yeah, go on.
02:19If I come across this car, mate, I've not got any drug wipes.
02:21Do you got any with you?
02:23Yeah, I've got one.
02:24Lovely.
02:26Across Derbyshire, there has been a recent rise in crashes involving the under-25s.
02:32There's definitely an increase in young drivers having road traffic collisions.
02:36They take these risks because they feel invincible.
02:39They think that nothing's going to happen.
02:41Unfortunately, it leaves them wide open to making a serious and fatal mistake.
02:47Yep, past details.
02:51Dominate all units monitoring.
02:53Any units are able to start making their way to that area.
02:56What's happening?
02:57They've just shouted out.
02:58They've just reacted to their presence and made up at speed.
03:01Yeah, we're seeing.
03:01Several miles away, there's a report of another young driver speeding away from the police.
03:09Yeah, make him your way.
03:11Yeah, male is also known to us.
03:13Also showing outstanding wanted.
03:16Get you for it.
03:18The suspect is a 24-year-old male, wanted by police on suspicion of other offences.
03:23Hopefully, he's coming off.
03:27It's on by.
03:28Matt moves into position to intercept.
03:33These types of young drivers can be very unpredictable.
03:37They really do raise the stakes.
03:42All right, stay ahead of us.
03:44It's continuing.
03:45Initially, you know, you might get that adrenaline burst for the first five or ten seconds,
04:00but very quickly, you've become really focused and switch on to what I'm trying to do.
04:04Speed is now 6-0 increasing, and the VRA is low at the moment.
04:10Last year, nearly 2,000 young drivers were fined for dangerous driving.
04:162-9-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0.
04:18Yeah, 2-4.
04:20Speed is 7-0 in a 4-0.
04:23VRA is medium due to speed.
04:26Grissy.
04:28Speed is 9-0.
04:31Overtake the other members of the public.
04:33The driver is doing nearly 100 miles per hour
04:36and clips an oncoming car, sending debris towards Matt.
04:41It is inherently dangerous.
04:44This driver driving it well in excess of the speed limits,
04:47going through village, towns,
04:49all it takes is a mistake or an error of judgment.
04:52You know, the driver's going to crash.
04:53Consequences could be massive for that.
04:56Vehicles all over the road.
04:58His DRA's high.
04:59I'm just conscious I need to order the members of the public.
05:03I'm holding back.
05:04I'm going to probably 3,400 yards off it now.
05:07Speed is 7-0 in a 3-0.
05:10The DRA's medium.
05:12Just trying to play catch.
05:15Oh, stand by.
05:16It's crash, crash, crash.
05:19It's crashed.
05:25We're going to need at least three or four ambulances.
05:29They need to be coming on a Cat 1.
05:30There's obviously been a significant impact
05:32with at least two or three of these vehicles.
05:34Receive, thank you.
05:37This job, it's a real balancing act.
05:39Priorities can change in an instant.
05:42The first priority in my head is the treatment of, you know,
05:45people that have been caught up in this.
05:48Hiya.
05:49Right, are you OK?
05:50Is everyone all right?
05:50Yeah.
05:51There is a massive level of apprehension
05:53as to what am I going to find
05:55and what am I going to see?
05:58There was absolutely nothing.
06:00No.
06:00Straight, I don't mean anything.
06:02That is a feeling right down to your gut.
06:05It's a horrible, horrible feeling.
06:08Sit tight, both of you.
06:09All right, I'm just going to check on the others
06:10and I'll come back to you.
06:12There are four cars and seven casualties involved.
06:16But the 24-year-old wanted suspect has disappeared.
06:21Who was in this car?
06:22OK, is everyone all right initially?
06:24Well, I think she's a bit shook up
06:27and her hairbag's a bit of red,
06:29so I don't know if we might need it just to check her out.
06:32Yeah, yeah, don't worry, I'm getting that coming.
06:34You OK?
06:35Yeah.
06:36Yeah.
06:36Husband, are you OK?
06:37No.
06:38No, it can't be.
06:39How old's your husband?
06:41He's 66.
06:43OK.
06:45I don't think the door's going to open, Doc, is it?
06:47No.
06:48No.
06:49I want you just to remain here just for now.
06:50I'm not going to move you until the ambulance gets here
06:52unless I need to.
06:53Right.
06:53OK, if anything changes with your breathing or anything,
06:55you must let me know.
06:56Do you understand?
06:57Yeah.
06:58At 8, Tanger 36.
07:00Go ahead.
07:01The driver of the Red Duke is a 66-year-old male.
07:04He's got breathing complications.
07:06If you can pass that to ambulance, please.
07:08They need to be on the hurry.
07:10Received, thank you.
07:11Anybody else hurt, then?
07:14There's three other cars that were involved.
07:15Oh, Geoffy, no.
07:18Never nice for them is they'll probably get caught up in these things.
07:21It's the driver that's decided he ain't going to stop for the police.
07:25He's going to do his hardest to get away.
07:26It shows how selfish they are.
07:29Not going to have thought for anyone else other than themselves by running off when people
07:32are seriously injured.
07:33So just sit tight for me.
07:35I'll come back to you in a second, OK?
07:38The subject has run off and got up some sort of woodland.
07:42Matt updates control on the runaway driver.
07:45Can we get your local units to start looking at that trail for us, please?
07:49Yes, yes, we're doing that already.
07:52Juliet 6 there, out on foot.
07:54The dog unit is deployed to help with the search.
07:59Hey, Juliet 6 here.
08:00I'm searching in that gap now.
08:01The dog's taking me straight through it, back towards the footpath.
08:04Yes, find him.
08:05Find him.
08:06Find him.
08:08Yeah, understood.
08:11Back at the crash scene.
08:12Wait, there's two people injured here.
08:16He's got breathing difficulties.
08:18Some of the victims are deteriorating.
08:21My face hurts my chest and I'm in.
08:23I'll get some.
08:23His boobs are hurting in his knees and his face.
08:27Hey, take a 3-6.
08:29Can you just chase EMAS to see if they've got an ETA as of yet?
08:33We've still not got one state six for anybody.
08:35Yes, yes, we do.
08:37Are you all right?
08:38Yeah, good.
08:39The fire service arrived to assist.
08:43The most intrusion is that red tube, from what I can see.
08:46He's the worst in terms of injury, because he's got breathing difficulties.
08:50An ambulance is also on its way.
08:52Get that door open, so we've got easy access.
08:54Yeah, nice one.
08:55Yeah.
08:57Sit tight for us, my love.
08:59All right.
08:59So, there are seven people, mate.
09:08The most severe that we've sort of identified is the driver of the red car, who's still in situ.
09:13Right.
09:13Breathing difficulty.
09:15By service of now, obviously, making an entry.
09:17You've got two in this one, and then you've got three here.
09:19With paramedics tending to the casualties.
09:24Where's the subject gone?
09:25So, allegedly, run off in this direction.
09:28Adam is deployed with the dog now.
09:32The search for the runaway driver has so far been unsuccessful.
09:36Did they come through that footpath?
09:38Because I'm state 6A now.
09:43Is this the subject gone?
09:44Yeah.
09:45As there's no further sightings of the suspect.
09:48Apparently, some witnesses have said he's bleeding.
09:51Officers secure evidence from the car, and a warrant for his arrest will be circulated nationally.
09:57There's caps in the back.
09:58Yeah.
09:59Wearing that, we're driving.
10:01Right.
10:02Has anything changed with you guys?
10:03You're okay.
10:04It's finished.
10:05It's all right.
10:06Matt obtains an account from a family member.
10:10So, which way were you going then, Don?
10:12We literally just set off down here, and then next minute, I don't even know what had happened.
10:17We were just spinning.
10:19Do you know when the police are chasing somebody, and it comes into a built area?
10:25Are they not meant to back off and let them go?
10:28It's difficult for me to answer that question, because I was the one that was pursuing inmates.
10:31I mean, the answer is no.
10:33Realistically, that doesn't always happen.
10:34Pursuits are managed.
10:36I can talk to you about that later, you know, at a later time of day and stuff.
10:39Yeah.
10:39I think the misconception is that, you know, at certain times and certain places that we'll
10:44just call pursuits off, and, you know, that is not always the case.
10:49But it is right that officers like myself are held to account.
10:52I'm involved in something that's led to, you know, someone being seriously injured, and
10:58I completely understand where their frustrations lie, but it's not for me to give them all
11:02the answers at that stage.
11:05Due to the driver's disappearance and some of the casualties sustaining serious injuries,
11:10the scene will remain in lockdown for some time, while the crash investigation concludes.
11:15Ultimately, the person to blame was the driver that's decided he ain't going to stop for
11:21the police.
11:23It made no difference whether I was behind him or not, that he continued to drive in that
11:27dangerous manner.
11:28Coming up.
11:33Just rise and avoid them, but not conscious.
11:36Yeah.
11:37An inexperienced driver.
11:38Witnessed the whole thing, car went straight into virgin.
11:41Is left in a critical condition.
11:44I think his life, it is in the balance.
11:48It's a crash, crash, crash.
11:50And after a high-speed chase.
11:521D camp.
11:54Another desperate young driver flees the scene.
11:57Stay there.
11:58I've had a report of a serious RTC, if we've got any units that can start travelling.
12:18Yeah, proceed.
12:20Injuries at this time are unknown.
12:22Near Chesterfield, PC Mac Cooling is responding to a serious crash involving an 18-year-old
12:28driver.
12:30So we're just en route now to a road traffic collision up there.
12:33It's a report of a vehicle that's hit a tree.
12:36It's on its side.
12:38There are 95 deaths or serious injuries every week involving a young driver on UK roads.
12:44There's definitely an upward trend of young drivers having road traffic collisions.
12:50The vehicles coming to contact with a tree.
12:53When you're in collision with these sorts of things, there is no give, there's no bounce.
12:56It's a hell of an impact.
12:57It sounds quite a nasty collision, this.
13:01There are possibly multiple casualties inside.
13:04The first priority is going to be the welfare of the people that are there.
13:10Multiple units are en route.
13:11I'm not a million miles behind you, mate.
13:19It sounds pretty serious, so it could be serious or fatal, I reckon, this.
13:23I've seen some horrendous things, and I've seen lots of things with young drivers as victims.
13:36When I attend these serious collisions, I often stand there thinking it's just a complete waste
13:42of a life.
13:43As Matt arrives, fire crews and traffic cop Stuart Smith are already on scene.
13:54He's gone in, wedged himself.
13:57He's pinned by his head.
14:00He's not got injury to his leg at all to do with his head.
14:02Just single-locked in there.
14:03Single-locked in there.
14:06The young casualty needs urgent medical care, but his head is trapped in the wreckage.
14:11I just feel good in what I've seen in time.
14:14He's just rising, but not conscious.
14:18From three to six, it is believed just to be one single occupant, which is the driver.
14:23We've got no medical assessment yet, but still trying to get him out of the car.
14:26My role when I initially turn up to a serious collision is to preserve the scene, keep all
14:32the other emergency services safe, and ultimately the public, you know, as best we can out of
14:36the area.
14:37The entire family that just turned up.
14:39If they end up having to see if they are, they're going to be dying across here.
14:43Yeah.
14:44We do get families that do attend the scene of these collisions.
14:47Of course, the first thing they want to do is get to their loved one.
14:50We have to then balance their needs and the job that we have to do.
14:54So I'll try to get them good out of there.
14:55Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:56Yeah.
14:58I know, it's the mum and dad in to it.
15:0020 minutes after the crash, the driver's finally freed.
15:07My understanding at the minute is he's unconscious, so we're still pending an update on how serious
15:11injuries are, but it isn't looking particularly good at the minute.
15:13He's been noticed once, that's all, since the first paramedic on scene is here.
15:21Prognosis-wise, he's clearly life-threatening.
15:24Yes.
15:24We are breathing for all of them, so...
15:27Oh, right, okay.
15:28So he's not breathing himself, though?
15:29No.
15:29So at the minute, we're just waiting for the air ambulance doctor to attend to see
15:33so he can stabilise him, so they can get him off to hospital.
15:39The critical care doctor said he's basically, they've had to put him in a coma.
15:43Because they might end up with, like, swelling.
15:46Like, brain injuries.
15:47Yeah.
15:49The medical teams are basically breathing for him.
15:54I think his life, you know, it is in the balance.
15:57We're not going to know much more until ultimately he's at hospital and he's had a scan.
16:03With the young driver on his way to hospital.
16:06Right, I'll just, I'll start the RTC side of things then.
16:11Matt and the team begin piecing together how and why the crash occurred.
16:16First thing that's noticeable is the significant intrusion from the roof and the B pillar
16:21into where the driver would be sat.
16:24And I would suspect that that's then hit the driver's head and neck area.
16:28And that's probably what's resulted in the head injury.
16:30I do often come away thinking it's just a waste of a young life.
16:35I've got a teenage son now that isn't going to be far off driving in a few years.
16:40And it really does make me sit and think in my own family.
16:44With a witness alleging speed may be the cause of the crash.
16:54I've not seen anything obvious it myself.
16:56But obviously your trained eye is far better than mine.
16:59Matt updates the forensic crash investigator.
17:02So that's why I had contact with the tree.
17:06So it's probably hit higher up and come back down there.
17:09Yeah.
17:10It's a relatively mild bend.
17:13Speed limit for this section of road is 40 miles an hour.
17:16It begs the question as to how the driver's lost control on the road.
17:22But it's still kicked up here.
17:23What we think's happened is the near side front wheel has started to mount and hit the verge here.
17:36We think the vehicle's began to turn at which point then it's collided with the tree.
17:42Where it's then come to its final resting point.
17:47While officers continue gathering evidence, there's an update.
17:53The suggestion is that he may have had a drink.
17:57We'll look at getting a blood sample from him.
18:00That will potentially then be sent off for analysis later.
18:03With the crash scene investigation winding down,
18:07the young driver is undergoing treatment in hospital for a suspected life-changing brain injury.
18:13Even though someone's seriously injured in a collision,
18:16you have to gather all that evidence that if they've done something ultimately illegal,
18:20they need to understand that there is a consequence for their actions
18:24and that's why we do the work that we do.
18:27Bruce, you know, caved in.
18:29It's catastrophic really.
18:31But you'd be sat here, mate, wouldn't you?
18:33Your head would be there, wouldn't it?
18:35I reckon.
18:37Very lucky that, you know, he's not been killed at the scene.
18:40And I ask, I can go two, three.
18:55Can you do me at 10.15, please?
18:58Go ahead and call on location.
19:01Accidents involving young drivers are on the rise.
19:04So traffic cops like P.C. Craig Dawes are always on the lookout for under-25s.
19:11The traffic officer, you've seen an increased trend in young drivers
19:14being involved in more and more collisions.
19:17We're finding that the younger generation are now able to get more powerful cars,
19:22which obviously creates its own danger.
19:27Craig approaches a car park where the young often gather at night.
19:31A suspicious car suddenly takes off.
19:42How else can I take a two, three here?
19:44It's got a vehicle failing to stop.
19:47From CO1, can I just confirm, you're actively pursuing the vehicle?
19:50Yes, yes.
19:52Form an A, pursuit is authorised.
19:54Keep me up to date with dynamic risk assessment, please.
19:57I just have to get VRM.
19:59From CO1, that's all received.
20:01Young drivers, once they're involved in pursuits,
20:04that take more risk.
20:05Because they're so fearless, and they're just not bothered at that age,
20:08it does pose a massive risk to us and the public.
20:13The RA's low, speed is 4-0.
20:15Have you got any local units with Stinger?
20:17Yeah, from CO1, we'll make those inquiries.
20:22It's a left, left, left.
20:24Then a right, right, right.
20:26It's a crash, crash, crash.
20:33Stand by, stand by.
20:391D camp.
20:41Drivers running.
20:45Stay there.
20:47Stay there.
20:47Wait there.
20:50Do not move yet.
20:52The driver's male, dressed in black.
20:53Run in.
20:54Yes.
20:56Yes.
20:56Yes, hold on.
20:57Can we just have an ambulance, please?
21:00Yes, yes.
21:01They are conscious breathing.
21:02But it was quite a high-speed impact.
21:05It's rolled as well.
21:06Obviously, my concern was the people trapped in the vehicle,
21:09so I've stopped to make sure that they're all right.
21:11I see you, thank you.
21:13The car has flipped, with two passengers and a dog inside.
21:19Do us a favour, just tie it to the fence or something.
21:22I know he's not, but he must be upside down in a car, hasn't he?
21:29What's your name, pal?
21:31I was rolling the fog.
21:33He injured at all.
21:34You injured, pal.
21:37They're telling me they're not injured,
21:39which is very, very, very lucky.
21:42So I'm guessing we were going to take it, didn't we?
21:44Well, mate, your moment, but we'll see.
21:45Obviously, I can see you're not driver, so...
21:47Exactly.
21:48It's driver, then.
21:50I don't know.
21:52Who'd you come back to, any of that vehicle?
21:55Er, it comes back to...
21:55Craig runs checks with control.
22:00This, er, v-line, they've got to be in the vehicle.
22:03It's believed the woman is the girlfriend of the registered owner.
22:09You want to give him a ring and tell him to come back to cause him to send a lot of problems, or...
22:13He doesn't have a phone?
22:15Okey-dokey.
22:17It's much easier if he comes to them back to talk to us.
22:19Er, any...
22:25It is going to be him.
22:26I've just asked him to ring him to come back, be sitting at the phone.
22:30He's got a full licence, he's insured.
22:32And there's no... no reason for him not to stop.
22:35Er, he's, er...
22:37He's nearly killed you two, then, hasn't he?
22:39Craig suspects the reason for the driver's disappearance could be linked to drink or drugs.
22:46Drugs are definitely a problem that we're seeing an increase of on the unit.
22:50It seems to be from the ages of 18 to 25, they might take a line of coke, feel OK, get in a car, off they go, drive.
23:00And actually, you know, they've crashed.
23:01Traffic cop Dave McAllister arrives to assist.
23:31She's got that.
23:33Just walk your dog down there now, we're all good.
23:35Do you want to get out now?
23:38You are a lucky boy, aren't you?
23:41Despite appearing unharmed, the passengers still need to be examined.
23:46Just get you in an ambulance and get you checked over.
23:49That's my concern.
23:50There's the second passenger, can you just have a look at her and I'll come back to her.
23:54All right.
23:56While paramedics assess the passengers.
24:01Nice of how he runs off and abandons his missus.
24:04The officers search the vehicle.
24:08Save yourself, it's all that's the matter.
24:10Yeah.
24:15We find a lot of empty alcohol packets.
24:19So there's all drug paraphernalia inside it.
24:21We've got a cannabis grinder.
24:23So he's done one.
24:25There's all this stuff.
24:27There's all whisky.
24:28There's whisky.
24:28I can see your passenger's hammered.
24:30Oh!
24:31He says it's adrenaline.
24:33No one has suffered serious injuries.
24:36He's got, oh, right, 140.
24:39But there's an update from the paramedics.
24:42They said to him, what gear are you on then?
24:44I'm not.
24:46You're just chewing your gum off.
24:47Yeah, he's having everything to him.
24:51If you combine youth and inexperience, took a couple of friends in the car as well, you know,
24:57then you've got your peer pressure, you're showing off.
24:59He's a massive recipe for disasters.
25:02What kind of a person leaves the girlfriend in the car and does a runner?
25:06Any normal person, when they're involved in a crash, the first thing they think of is, how is everybody?
25:11Is everybody OK?
25:14Is dog all right, Chuck?
25:15Yeah.
25:16You sure?
25:17Not got any blood coming out of his nose or out like that?
25:20No, he seems all right.
25:21Nobody ever thinks about the dog.
25:23See, I prefer animals to people.
25:26Yeah, it's fine.
25:27He looks to me, doesn't he?
25:28We always make sure they're all right.
25:30It's not the dog's fault that somebody's decided to travel like an idiot.
25:32Hello!
25:32It's been about a 90-mile-an-hour impact.
25:36You do know that?
25:37No.
25:38After being ditched by her boyfriend, the young woman's mum arrives to take everyone home.
25:44The fact is, if they'd have got ejected from the car, which we see all the time,
25:47I'd never come to knock you and do it and say, your daughter's dead.
25:49Yeah.
25:49The funny thing is, though, is then just done one and left you.
25:53All right, love.
25:55See you later.
25:55Have a good one.
25:59He's 18, probably first boyfriend who's got a car.
26:02Let me show you how good I am, and then that's the end result.
26:06The police know where the driver lives, and we'll be bringing him in for questioning.
26:11He's done a run and looked after number one, which, that tends to be attitude of him.
26:19Coming up.
26:21Coming in.
26:22Craig catches up with the runaway driver.
26:25His DNA on them airbags, linking them to yourself.
26:29A group of teenagers cause chaos on the roads.
26:36These cars are killing machines.
26:38Slow down, mate, yeah?
26:40And the family of the young driver who hit a tree.
26:44I saw his car.
26:45My new driver here was Liam.
26:46Come to terms with the crash.
26:51Oi.
26:51Stand by.
27:09That's observations for a dangerous driver.
27:12It was seen to go on the opposite side of the road, around a blind corner, swerving around left and right.
27:17I think we've had a further call come in to say that it appears to be speeding now.
27:23Yeah, we're safe, thank you.
27:25You know, right, every time we've come to boy races down here, I've never found them.
27:29No.
27:30Traffic cops Andy Swift.
27:32Say that now, watch this.
27:33Yeah.
27:33And Jack Pressland are just south of Derby City Centre, on the lookout for young and dangerous drivers.
27:41There's a report that there's some boy races.
27:44Anti-social driving, it's a particular hot spot for it.
27:47They just move round from location to location.
27:49We're getting more and more calls about young boy races because members of the public are sick of it.
27:56Excess speed, the noise, the fact that they're treating the roads as a racetrack.
28:01They're at more risk, especially when they're in bigger numbers.
28:05And as per usual, there's nobody here.
28:10Hello.
28:11Do you have any units that can start making their way to?
28:13Three vertical RTC, Derby.
28:17Yeah, received.
28:19When we get reports, we're expecting another phone call that someone's crashed or they've crashed into somebody.
28:27So we're just attending reports of a multi-car pileup on the A38 just coming into Derby.
28:34We'll get an update soon, see if there's any injuries, and then see what we can do to assist.
28:41We've got damage to the arm code, fire it's fine, sir.
28:47Officers are already at the crash site.
28:49Along with other emergency services.
28:54North or Southbound?
28:56Tough.
29:00He's not stopping.
29:01He's not stopping.
29:01A young driver has clipped a vehicle and collided with the barrier.
29:20All right, fella.
29:21Which one's yours?
29:22That one.
29:23Lovely.
29:24While the driver who crashed his car is being treated by paramedics.
29:28Who's in this one?
29:30You.
29:31Jack speaks to his friends, the two other drivers traveling with the crashed golf.
29:36What's happened then, dude?
29:38We were driving.
29:38Yeah.
29:39And the car that was in the first lane, it started like purging up towards him.
29:44Yeah.
29:45And he moves out, and he clips the side, and he starts spinning.
29:50I'm not sure if he was on his phone or something.
29:51Okay.
29:53How old are you?
29:5418.
29:55You got a dash cam?
29:56No.
29:56Okay, mate, no worries.
29:59Hello.
30:00Hello, boss.
30:01Have you sustained some damage on your car?
30:03Yes.
30:03Yes.
30:04Sergeant Scott Riley questions the motorist that the young drivers claim caused the crash.
30:11Hey, yeah.
30:11Very fast, very fast.
30:13They were going very fast, were they?
30:14Three car, yes.
30:16Both sets of drivers are blaming each other.
30:19When we go to road traffic collisions involving groups of boys, it becomes a bit of a nightmare for us.
30:25Have you got any dash cam?
30:26No.
30:27No.
30:28We've got everyone telling a different story.
30:31Everyone's got a different viewpoint of it.
30:33Without video evidence, officers turned to witnesses for help.
30:40I've seen his motorist bouncing side-side across both lanes, and then he's spin out.
30:45The crash was witnessed by an off-duty officer from Leicestershire.
30:50The vehicle that's crashed was travelling on its own at some speed.
30:53It's gone up behind me, forced me back into lane one.
30:55It's been a bit aggressive.
30:57The driver, BW, has then decided to lose control, hit both sides of the carriageway a couple of times, and spin out.
31:02You don't do this much damage if you're doing the speed limit.
31:09It's lucky he's not rolled.
31:10We're not stupid.
31:13You're going too fast.
31:14Together.
31:15You need to stop it.
31:16You're going to kill someone.
31:17Yeah.
31:18I wasn't going that fast.
31:20I'm not saying you were.
31:22I can't prove you were.
31:23Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:23But it's pretty obvious that you're all three of you together cruising.
31:28Yeah.
31:28These cars are killing machines, right?
31:31Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:31They're not toys.
31:32Yeah, yeah, yeah.
31:32You've got to treat them with respect.
31:34He's lucky not to be dead.
31:36Slow down, mate, yeah?
31:38I'm stupid.
31:38Right.
31:39I think Mum's turned up, Mum of the driver.
31:44The police sergeant, off duty, has said that all of you are driving like idiots.
31:48Listen, my son is an exemplary character of an 18-month.
31:53You've got witnesses, so you've got to understand that we go and pick up a lot of bodies off
31:58the road.
31:59And we take it quite personal as well when we're going to this, and it's not nice having
32:04to come to you at 2 o'clock in the morning.
32:05I know.
32:06Our friend lost his son in January last year.
32:09Right.
32:11If there's one thing I can say to you tonight from this, speed has been an impact, just slow
32:15down.
32:16Treat them with respect.
32:17Yeah.
32:18They will hurt you if you do something wrong.
32:20The young driver is free to go, but faces a police interview about the allegations
32:28at a later date, and a possible prosecution.
32:31They've obviously fallen foul of their own inexperience at driving, and also potentially
32:35stupidity, really.
32:36He'll have some long-running ramifications, no doubt, for points and fines.
32:42So ultimately, he'll pay the price for a moment of madness.
32:50Prognosis-wise, it's clearly life-threatening.
33:01Yes.
33:02We are breathing for them.
33:04It isn't looking particularly good at the minute.
33:08Ten weeks ago, traffic cop Matt Cooling attended a potentially life-threatening crash, where
33:14a speeding car smashed into a tree.
33:16The principal care doctor said, basically, we've had to put him in a coma.
33:21It wasn't.
33:22Because they wound up, like, swelling.
33:23Like, brain injuries.
33:24The 18-year-old driver, Leo, crashed around the corner from his parents, Aaron and Donna.
33:30I opened the front door.
33:31The sky was lit with blue, and that was it.
33:37The sky was lit, and I just opened the door, and ran through the bushes, and saw his car
33:49in the tree.
33:50I knew straight away was Leo.
33:51And I just remember shouting, Leo, mum is here, mum is here, baby boy.
34:03And I couldn't afford to write down.
34:07I needed to be his mum.
34:11Leo was put in an induced coma for two weeks, while doctors tried to reduce the swelling
34:28to his brain.
34:30The consultant said, he's got life-changing, personality-changing injuries.
34:36When he started coming round, I didn't know what he was going to turn out like.
34:41Over the last ten weeks, Leo has been in intensive care.
34:48But today, there is a significant update on his condition.
34:52Hello.
34:53Hello.
34:54You all right?
34:55You all right?
34:56Have a good day?
34:57Yeah.
34:58Not being too bad.
34:59Tea time.
35:00He's just progressed so quickly.
35:09Oi!
35:10He can talk.
35:11He can communicate.
35:12He can feed himself.
35:15All these things that I was so scared that he'd never do again.
35:19The doctors and the surgeons and everybody else said, how's he doing this that quick?
35:24Watch out, I'm on the wall, mate.
35:26So, we've got some hope here.
35:28Leo's coming back, isn't it?
35:30Yeah.
35:31No way, he's going to come back.
35:34Do you want to drink a bit?
35:35I'm all right.
35:36I've got one.
35:37Good lad.
35:38What do you want for tea?
35:39Uh, pizza.
35:40Yes, boy.
35:41Yeah.
35:42After more than two months of rehabilitation, the hospital has allowed Leo a visit home.
35:53That's the only mark, really, you've got from the accident.
36:00Take your specs off a minute.
36:01Let's look at you.
36:02Is it annoying?
36:03Yeah.
36:04Imagine seeing double old time.
36:05Imagine seeing two of Sam.
36:06You wouldn't want that.
36:07Yeah, bugger that.
36:08Always been so full of just...
36:09Energy.
36:10Yeah.
36:11Fun.
36:12You're so caring.
36:13And thoughtful all the time.
36:14When you do drive again, you're having a tank.
36:15He's not driving.
36:16You can't get him in a wheelchair.
36:17He tries pulling wheelies.
36:18Anything on wheels is not allowed.
36:19Ever.
36:20You can't pull the wheelie in a wheelchair.
36:21I'm sorry.
36:22I'm sorry.
36:23I'm sorry.
36:24I'm sorry.
36:25I'm sorry.
36:26I'm sorry.
36:27I'm sorry.
36:28I'm sorry.
36:29I'm sorry.
36:30I'm sorry.
36:31I'm sorry.
36:32I'm sorry.
36:33I'm sorry.
36:34I'm sorry.
36:35I'm sorry.
36:36Pull the wheelie in a car.
36:38Well, I think you tried.
36:41While Leo doesn't remember the crash, an app tracking his journey shows a possible cause.
36:48He's leaving Hollywood.
36:50Shows his speed.
36:52Doing about 57 in a 40.
36:54That's where he stops and hits the tree.
36:58Leo was driving 70 miles per hour above the speed limit when he lost control.
37:05He's gone.
37:06Gone in a split second.
37:08From being absolutely fine to, I'm saying.
37:11His life's changed.
37:12Yeah.
37:13I'm struggling with walking and my speech.
37:20And my double vision.
37:21But hopefully I'll come back.
37:26My speech should come back.
37:28And my walking should come back as well.
37:32I feel lucky.
37:33Very lucky.
37:34Cause I should have died really.
37:39I took life for granted before.
37:44Cause I always thought, oh that could never happen to me.
37:47And then it did.
37:49I won't have any other advice to young drivers apart from just slow down.
37:59Slow down a bit please.
38:02The future is still unclear.
38:04We don't know what restrictions he may still have due to the brain injury.
38:10But it's just nice to have him here and have so much of him still here.
38:17We can cope with anything else can't we?
38:19Yeah.
38:20We've got him.
38:21We've got his personality.
38:22We can manage with anything else.
38:23Yeah.
38:24Don't ever change will ya?
38:26God.
38:27No.
38:28Coming up.
38:29Are you happy to proceed with that solicitor?
38:35Craig questions the suspected young driver who flipped his car.
38:39I'm going to put it to you.
38:41You may have consumed some drink or drugs that night.
38:43And left his mate and girlfriend in the wreckage.
38:46There is DNA on them airbags linking them to yourself.
38:58You alright?
39:03Yeah.
39:04He's coming here.
39:05Three weeks after traffic cop Craig Dawes was involved in a pursuit with a black SEAS.
39:10It's a crash, crash, crash.
39:13The driver's running.
39:15The suspect driver who flipped his car and fled on foot.
39:19He's just done one and left you.
39:21Leaving two passengers and a dog inside.
39:24Let the alcohol pack his drug paraphernaly.
39:27Has arrived at the police station for an interview about the incident.
39:31Okay.
39:32You've attended on a voluntary basis so you're not under arrest.
39:36And you are free to leave at any point.
39:38The common driving offences that we're finding that under 25's commits are speeding,
39:43drink and drug driving.
39:44They just totally don't care and show disregard to everybody else.
39:48What kind of person does that and leaves everybody behind?
39:52At this point you've not got a solicitor.
39:54Are you happy to proceed with that solicitor?
39:56Let's go, yeah.
39:57What can you tell me about that incident?
39:59No comment.
40:00Okay.
40:01Do you own that vehicle?
40:03No comment.
40:04Does anybody else have access to that vehicle?
40:06No comment.
40:07Was that you driving that car when that vehicle failed to stop the police?
40:11No comment.
40:12Vehicle's travelling far too fast.
40:14It then rolls.
40:15I then see a male dressed in black and run off.
40:20I speak to the passenger and her reply on body cam is, you know who the driver is.
40:25I'm going to put it to you.
40:26The reason you failed to stop, you may have consumed some drink or drugs that night.
40:29Do you agree to that offence?
40:30No comment.
40:31Okay.
40:32It's suspected that the driver is also involved in another high-speed crash several months
40:37before this incident.
40:39It was a black golf car witness to have gone flying up the lane, smashing to a bottle causing
40:44damage and then a male in black joggers driving with two female passengers have made off.
40:49The young male's girlfriend was in the car again and was fortunate to walk away uninjured.
40:56Passives are confirmed to the officers that a male called was driving the vehicle.
41:03The airbags at the time have activated and there is DNA on them airbags linking them to
41:10yourself, being the driver.
41:12I put it to you that you was the driver at that time and you've run off when you've crashed
41:17a vehicle.
41:18Is that great?
41:19No.
41:20I'm going to report you for the defence of dangerous drive once, fail to stop once,
41:25leaving the scene and felony report twice.
41:28If he's found guilty, the driver will lose his licence for at least 12 months and could
41:34face up to two years in prison.
41:36Well, do you...
41:37That's how you go with it.
41:38When you talk to young drivers, they'll laugh and smirk about it and like, so what?
41:43And you know, the next day they'll be back out doing it again.
41:45It's all a big game to them.
41:47They're not bothered at what carnies they've left behind.
41:50There's a pattern here, he's crashing and she's in the car with him.
41:53I don't know why she's stopping with him.
41:55He's nearly killed her twice and she continues to be, you know, be loyal with him.
41:59I don't get it.
42:00Because, you know, it's only going to end up one way.
42:04Over the last 12 weeks, Derbyshire police dealt with 61 young people involved in crashes,
42:12suspected of serious crimes or road traffic offences.
42:17We go to more and more crashes involving young drivers and we get there and we're thinking,
42:23how has that person walked away from this?
42:26Their family, they're potentially going to lose someone because they're driving like idiots.
42:30With young drivers, as soon as they pass the test, they can literally go out and drive any sort of car with any size engine.
42:37And for me, that's a recipe for disaster.
42:39Something needs to change with young drivers.
42:42They need curtailing in some way.
42:44I tend to find with the younger generation that it's a fear factor.
42:50It'll never happen to me.
42:52I'm untouchable.
42:53You don't realise that.
42:54One silly mistake while you're driving, you could end up killing or seriously injuring somebody.
42:58You're going to prison.
43:03In this episode...
43:04Speed is 9-0.
43:06Vehicles all over the road.
43:08The 24-year-old runaway driver, who left a crash victim with life-changing injuries...
43:15There was absolutely nothing.
43:18Pleaded guilty at court to dangerous driving, causing serious injury by dangerous driving and failing to stop.
43:25There's caps in the back, is there?
43:26Yeah.
43:27Wearing that.
43:28But failed to appear at court and is on the run, unwanted by police.
43:35He's got a vehicle failing to stop.
43:38The driver, who flipped his car after failing to stop with two passengers and a dog inside...
43:44...was charged with dangerous driving, failing to stop for police and twice leaving the scene of a collision.
43:50Well, I'll do your...
43:51That's a vehicle, is it?
43:52No action was taken for drink or drug driving.
43:55He's also facing separate charges for driving without due care and attention and failure to respond to a notice of intended prosecution.
44:04These stars are killing machines.
44:06Slow down, mate, yeah?
44:07The three young drivers involved in a car crash on the motorway remain under investigation.
44:13The scene is just bouncing side-side across both lanes.
44:17They're due to be interviewed in relation to allegations made by witnesses at the scene.
44:21And despite being allowed home visits, 18-year-old Leo is still receiving care in a specialist rehabilitation unit in hospital for a serious brain injury.
44:35The results of his blood test confirmed there were no traces of alcohol in Leo's system.
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