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All New Traffic Cops S14E16
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00:00Police officer, get your... stop!
00:02The driver's making off.
00:04Derbyshire traffic cops.
00:05Pull over in here now!
00:07Might be game on for some of it 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.
00:25Vehicle's done.
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.
00:35Here you go, here you go.
00:36Officers are under pressure.
00:38Stop! Get here!
00:40You're doing it!
00:41Come out here now!
00:42You're under arrest.
00:45Police!
00:46With lives on the line.
00:47We're gonna need at least three or four ambulances.
00:51Is it fuel?
00:52Right, move away from this car now!
00:54The stakes are high.
00:56It isn't looking good at the minute.
00:57For the traffic cops.
00:59You've flown 128.
01:00Eleven minutes past two in the afternoon.
01:02You're under arrest.
01:03I'm fishing a theft of motor vehicles.
01:05Do not rush!
01:07Smack the officer!
01:09And there's a promise!
01:10All right.
01:14Coming up.
01:15This vehicle is failing to stop drunk and drugged drivers.
01:19And it's a crash, crash, crash.
01:21Mate, have you had anything to drink tonight?
01:23Or drugs?
01:25Over the limit.
01:26Yeah.
01:27Mark one mill driver.
01:29Deep breath in.
01:30Blow through the tube.
01:32And out of control.
01:35137.
01:35The legal limit is 35.
01:39Final warning, chap.
01:41Door's going in.
01:42Stand by.
01:43Suspects endangering lives.
01:46It's alleged you've been involved in a collision with a child.
01:50And putting officers at risk.
01:52Where's your car, Martin?
01:53With the flip of the switch, I could lose my job for trying to do the right thing.
02:14N.A. Oscar Tango 1-4. Can I trouble you for a 10-15 code to vehicle check, please?
02:20Yeah, thank you.
02:22It's showing no insurance.
02:24Expired M.O.T.
02:26No registered keeper.
02:27Notified off-road.
02:29Hang up.
02:30Leon in grey.
02:31M.O.T.
02:32Expired 26 June last year.
02:34Insurance not held.
02:36Yeah, Tango 1-4 received.
02:38I shall go and have a look for it.
02:42Near Derby, traffic cop Martin Carter is looking for an uninsured car.
02:47So I'm just trying to catch up with a vehicle that's activated ANPR cameras.
02:52It's the early hours of the morning, so it should be quite easy to pick off.
02:57Ten minutes later...
02:59A Oscar Tango 1-4.
03:05Martin spots the wanted car.
03:07I've got contact with my target vehicle.
03:12The vehicle is currently at a red traffic signal.
03:15So I'll pull in front of it and put a follow me message on.
03:21But before Martin has a chance to get in front...
03:26NA Oscar Tango 1-4.
03:28The driver speeds off.
03:30This vehicle is failing to stop.
03:32Confirm.
03:33Failing to stop.
03:35Advanced driver.
03:36Pursuit management.
03:37TPAC trained in a high performance, fully marked vehicle.
03:40Identity of the driver is not known.
03:42Number of occupants is unknown.
03:45Requesting authority to continue pursuit.
03:52This vehicle is weaving between lanes.
03:55Speed currently 9-0.
03:57DRA is medium.
04:00This person doesn't want to stop.
04:02He's all over the road.
04:03And that, to me, raises alarm bells.
04:06Are they under the influence of something?
04:09Could heighten the risk.
04:10NA, can we get air wash units with stingers, please?
04:13And Derby units with stingers on standby.
04:16No worries, thank you.
04:17I'll let you know.
04:18Stand by.
04:20With fears the driver may be drunk or drugged,
04:23multiple units race to assist.
04:28NA, this vehicle is slowing down.
04:30It's slowing down.
04:32Vehicle has come to a complete stop on the A52.
04:35Not sure of his intention.
04:37I'm going to pull alongside him.
04:42I'm thinking, this chap's giving up.
04:44He's chosen to end this pursuit.
04:46He's putting his hands up and it's the end of the game.
04:52Vehicle is off, off, off again.
04:56Speed increasing 7-0.
04:59I've been involved in pursuits before
05:01with drivers that are under the influence of drugs
05:03and it can affect their decision-making.
05:06It comes heavy on the brakes.
05:08Driving could become more erratic and a lot more dangerous
05:11because they don't see risks.
05:13I know the vehicle is off, off, off.
05:15The RA is medium.
05:17Vehicle nearly loses control.
05:20Let me see.
05:21Right, right, right.
05:23Speed increasing.
05:245-0 and a 3-0.
05:28You've got to remain calm.
05:30You've got to take your breath and ensure that
05:32you yourself don't get drawn into the excitement
05:34and the adrenaline rush.
05:36We're currently 8-0 and a 4-0.
05:38Vehicle's heavy on the brakes, heavy on the brakes.
05:40Stand by.
05:41And it's a right, right, right.
05:44Vehicle's swerving all over the road.
05:46I know you've confirmed we've got a Stinger unit up ahead, please.
05:49Oh, yes, I understand up for Stinger,
05:51just to be mindful of hardcore, please.
05:56I understand up 2-3.
05:57You've got Stinger set up on main road.
06:00Vehicle is slowing.
06:07Vehicle is still all over the road.
06:09It is a left, left, left.
06:12I can see a Stinger unit in the distance.
06:14Stand by.
06:20Contravenes a people-off bollard.
06:22He's avoided the Stinger.
06:26Vehicle is right, right, right.
06:31I know this vehicle is taking off 6-0 in a 3-0 over speed bumps.
06:39This vehicle is going to lose control in a minute.
06:43The driver speeds down the back streets at twice the limit.
06:47I know this vehicle is now out of sight.
06:49From NA-02, in light of that, can we abort, please? Abort.
06:53Out of control, the vehicle slams into a parked car.
07:02I know tangle-on provocation, hazard lights in the distance.
07:07Stand by.
07:11And it's a crash, crash, crash.
07:14By the time Martin catches up, the car has ricocheted into a house.
07:20Sure, two, that's been done. One day now.
07:26One day now.
07:27NA, can we have EMAS, please?
07:28Yes, she has.
07:30The scene is absolute carnage.
07:33There's bricks everywhere, there's cars smashed up.
07:36There's smoke coming out of the subject vehicle.
07:39Units to my location, please. ASAP.
07:43Yes, everyone. It's 36 now.
07:45Yeah, NA person is trapped in the vehicle, driver and passenger.
07:49I approach the driver's side and see that the door's wedged shut and I can't open it.
07:55The driver's still in the driver's seat and doesn't appear to be moving,
07:59which raises my concerns immediately.
08:01Then walk around to the front passenger's side.
08:03They're going to do some local here as well.
08:06There's carnage everywhere, chaos.
08:08And I'm concerned that they might have some serious injuries.
08:11Is he talking to you?
08:14Passenger?
08:15Driver?
08:16Are you talking?
08:17Can you hear us?
08:20Coming up...
08:21We've got one trapped, serious leg fractures.
08:25As emergency services race to rescue the driver and passenger,
08:30Martin is placed under investigation.
08:32Where's your car, Martin?
08:35Keep going! Keep going!
08:37And a suspect driver...
08:39Is out of control on the motorway.
08:43How you think you can drive on the motorway with all these other people is beyond me.
08:48Your behaviour was disgusting.
09:02This vehicle is weaving between lanes.
09:05Speed currently 9-0.
09:07DRA is medium.
09:09Minutes after a pursuit of a possible drug driver.
09:14And this vehicle is taking off 6-0 in a 3-0 over speed bumps.
09:20At 2.30 in the morning, the driver speeds down a residential street.
09:24This vehicle's going to lose control in a minute.
09:29And crashes into someone's house.
09:32Stand by.
09:33And it's a crash, crash, crash.
09:37Trapped inside the car are two brothers.
09:41Is he talking to you?
09:43Passenger?
09:44Driver?
09:45Are you talking?
09:46Can you hear us?
09:48Driver's talking, conscious and breathing.
09:51I'm going to smash this window, cover your eyes, alright?
09:56You alright, mate?
09:58Can you hear me?
10:00Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
10:01Before you move.
10:02Wait before you move.
10:03Wait before you move.
10:04How's your back?
10:06Firearms officers with medical training are also on scene.
10:09Your mind switches from enforcement mode to medical assistance mode.
10:14What can I do to help this person?
10:16Where have you got pain, mate?
10:18Have you got a seatbelt on?
10:19Are you okay?
10:20Where is the pain?
10:21Is he trapped?
10:22He is trapped, mate, yeah.
10:24And if you haven't already, I think we might need fire service to this job.
10:28Stay in the car.
10:28Stay in the car.
10:31Where's your pain?
10:33Head.
10:33A giant subwoofer from the boot appears to have flown through and been wedged between the driver and his passenger.
10:39Let's take this out, mate.
10:41Alright.
10:41Stay in the car.
10:42Stay in the car.
10:42Stay in the car a minute.
10:45We've got two.
10:46One trapped.
10:48Second one.
10:49Not trapped, however.
10:51Serious leg fractures at the minute.
10:52Trying to get out of the car.
10:53We could do with at least another oxygen.
10:57Mate, I want you to stay in the car because I don't know what injuries you've got to your back.
11:00Don't try and move.
11:01Don't try and move, mate.
11:02Don't try and move.
11:03Stay where you are.
11:04Here I am.
11:05Stick this on him.
11:06Give him some O2.
11:07What's his heart rate like, mate?
11:08And his pulse.
11:09He is pretty racist.
11:12Got all the neighbours that get woken up.
11:15The people whose house has been damaged get woken up.
11:17Are you alright to just go back inside for me, please?
11:20Everybody starts coming out wanting to know what's happening.
11:22Listen, there's people trapped in a car.
11:24I'm just asking you to just go back in your house.
11:27Cars that he's crashed into, smashed to bits.
11:29And it's like someone's dropped a bomb in a street.
11:34Hey-oh.
11:35This vehicle's been involved in a suit.
11:36Driver's trapped.
11:38Yeah.
11:38Passenger is not trapped.
11:40Yeah.
11:40But he's got two open fractures, both clearly broken, both of his legs.
11:43Yeah.
11:44And that's all we've got in a minute.
11:47As the fire service prepares to cut the men out, the passenger's condition deteriorates.
11:55This lad's in and out of consciousness just a bit, so we could do with having him out first, really.
12:00I just want to defip ready for him.
12:03Get the oxygen on, mate.
12:04They're just cutting the roof off.
12:06He's also showing signs of confusion.
12:09Wait for your legs.
12:10Your legs are broken, mate.
12:13Both of them.
12:15He's been in a car crash, mate.
12:17Mate, have you had anything to drink tonight, or drugs?
12:21You should don't see him with it, mate.
12:22Have you had a drink?
12:32I don't need anybody else out of the scene.
12:34Could you go and shut me the road off either end?
12:36That's all right.
12:38Martin's team sergeant arrives to take charge.
12:41We just organised some locals to get some tape up, just so we know what members of the public are
12:45walking through.
12:46Here they do.
12:47There's an ambulance.
12:50These two of our ARV lads are actually doing some treatment, trying to get some screen coming.
12:56As medics arrive to help rescue the men, a crash investigation gets underway.
13:02After the identified injuries, or potential injuries, and the fact of police pursuit, we're going to need FCI's out.
13:09Guys, can you do me a favour?
13:10Yeah.
13:10From here up, could you just do me a record and see where it's got ring doorbells and CCTV?
13:15And note it down for me and see if anybody's up and can see any.
13:21Do you want to know if you're all right, mate?
13:22Me? Fine, yeah.
13:23Yeah? Sure?
13:24Yeah.
13:25In pursuits like this, as soon as it's become to a conclusion, and it's been established these people have got
13:30serious injuries,
13:32what's going through my mind is that I'm now going to be faced with some intense scrutiny.
13:37Where's your car, Martin?
13:38Have you, erm, took your dash cam car out?
13:41Will you just do it? Just don't have it written.
13:44Martin is now officially under investigation and relieved from duty.
13:49You can't really explain or describe to someone how that feels when you're dedicated to the role that you do
13:56in trying to make the roads safe and keep the public safe, to then be faced with scrutiny.
14:02Keeps to my car.
14:04Hi.
14:06Dave says leave it here.
14:07Yes, fine, we'll sort it.
14:09So, I'll start with you around here, mate, while they're sorting us up.
14:15Martin Carter, who's obviously the pursuit car, his vehicle's still in situ but I've taken him out of the way.
14:20All right, boss, cheers and thank you.
14:23His dash cam seized as evidence.
14:26Martin will be driven back to Ripley Station by another officer.
14:30With the flip of a switch, I'm now in a position where I could lose my job, my pension, my
14:38livelihood and my career for trying to do the right thing.
14:41Having said that, that is the life of a police officer, in particular traffic cops.
14:47We are at risk of investigations and scrutiny because we are the ones that mainly are involved in high-speed
14:55pursuits.
14:55Tom, three, we'll slide.
14:57One, this way, mate.
14:58Two, three.
14:59Well done.
15:00Welcome back.
15:01Welcome, mate.
15:02With the two brothers now out of the car, they'll be rushed to hospital under police supervision.
15:09I've got sex, you're going to hospital.
15:10Will you go out and see if you get any bloods off him?
15:13You don't mind me.
15:14The driver's blood will be tested for drugs and alcohol.
15:19With forensic collision investigators on the way.
15:24For Martin, it's now a case of waiting.
15:29I'm now not going to be able to fully be myself as an operational cop whilst this investigation takes place.
15:36Ultimately, you've got to bring it back to the code of ethics.
15:39What would the public expect us to do?
15:41If they see someone driving dangerously and erratically, would they expect a police officer to try and stop that person
15:47and detain them or just let them go?
15:51We continually risk assess pursuits and, unfortunately, they don't always conclude safely.
15:58And sometimes they do end in collisions where people have serious injuries.
16:03And it's a fine balance of trying to do the right thing.
16:07Martin now faces several weeks of uncertainty as the investigation continues and while the suspects recover from their injuries.
16:18So this, for the driver, was a moment of madness that's resulted in a high-speed collision where serious life
16:25-changing injuries have been sustained.
16:28And, unfortunately, he's going to have to live with that moment of madness and now it's going to change people's
16:33lives forever.
16:34For me, the level of scrutiny goes from, I'm the good guy chasing the bad guy to, I've caught the
16:40bad guys, but now I'm being investigated to see if I've done anything wrong.
16:55I've got a report of a possible DIC drink driver. Vehicles are currently all over the road, swerving between lanes.
17:02If there are any units in the area, can you keep an eye out for it, please?
17:07The high number of drink and drug drivers put traffic cops like Alex Head under constant pressure.
17:14Yes, yes. Just on the 617 up to heading up there now.
17:20Near Chesterfield, Alex and three other units are looking for a suspected drink driver in a transit van.
17:28Drink drivers come from all walks of life. You don't need to be some chaotic homeless person.
17:34You could be a company director. It's people who are making stupid life choices and deciding to get behind the
17:40wheel of a car and then drive when they're extremely intoxicated.
17:44Every year, around 57,000 people are charged for being over the limit for alcohol and drugs.
17:52After seeing first-hand the impact that they cause to families when it goes wrong and they end up hurting
17:58somebody, I've got no sympathy for them.
18:01People know not to drink drive, but they just choose to do that anyway and ignore the law.
18:08In fact, he's here, look.
18:12Up ahead on the motorway, traffic cops Chris Wells-Jackson and Jack Pressland spot the van.
18:20And it is committed, committed, M1-0.
18:2329.
18:24It's back to lane 1, speed 55.
18:27It is weaving around this place, which will be consistent with 30 reports that we've got.
18:33Forgetting to indicate, braking unnecessarily, swerving between lanes, speed fluctuating between fast and slow.
18:41They're little telltale signs of someone who might be intoxicated.
18:46Alex races to join Chris and Jack.
18:51Just passing Temple Normanton now, Chris.
18:54So they're just coming up to Junction 29, so hopefully we should just meet them just in time.
19:00Luckily, we've got a few units around.
19:02The decision's made just to put a compliance stop in.
19:05Chris will go in front with a follow me board and we'll go behind it.
19:09So sort of force it off the motorway should it attempt any silly business.
19:13Alex, I'll give you a shout.
19:15I'm just on the entry slip.
19:17We're coming under the 2nd on the 3rd over bridge.
19:20Yeah, received.
19:21Yeah, if you want to look at joining, Pete, we'll just start to come past the bottom of the entrance,
19:25wouldn't it?
19:30As the van passes the junction, Alex slots in behind Chris and Jack.
19:37So at times like this, we want to be bunched up, really close together.
19:41We'll get to the mile mark at 29 hours, where I'll be able to follow me.
19:46PHONE RINGS
19:47Yeah, received.
19:49Pickle's actually late to, so they'll take some of my reason to play pot.
19:55They move into position, ready to box in the van.
20:00Speed still remains 6-0.
20:04PHONE RINGS
20:05Peicle remains late to, just coming up for the mile marker now.
20:12As Chris pulls around the van, Jack gets alongside.
20:17PHONE RINGS
20:22Yeah, it looks like one mile driver.
20:27We've been doing one.
20:31It's slowed down a lot, hasn't it?
20:34Keep going! Keep going!
20:36Go! Go!
20:39Coming up...
20:40Pull over in here now! In here!
20:43Alex is forced to stop traffic on the M1.
20:46Keep your hands where I can see them.
20:47As Jack moves in for an arrest.
20:50I think you're very drunk.
20:51No, no, no.
20:53And after a child is knocked down...
20:56Right, what hurts?
20:58..the hunt is on for a missing driver.
21:00We're under arrest and suspicion of driving whilst unfit.
21:03Through a drink of drugs, OK?
21:18It's back to lane one.
21:19It is weaving around this way.
21:22We'll be able to do a report that we've got.
21:25On the M1, officers are tailing a suspected drink driver.
21:30Yeah, it looks like one mile driver.
21:35Vehicle's gone flying.
21:36It just lost me to acknowledge.
21:41PHONE RINGS
21:43It's slowed down a lot, hasn't it?
21:45While traffic cop Alex Head holds the traffic back...
21:48Keep going! Keep going!
21:51Go! Go!
21:53Colleagues Chris and Jack are trying to direct the suspect to an exit road.
21:58Chris has got his follow me board on.
22:00The driver is just slowing down.
22:03It's so frustrating when they're doing things like this
22:06because all they need to do is keep up and follow the car in front.
22:10But this driver is just away with the fairies.
22:13We're now at 30 miles an hour on the M1, a busy period of the day.
22:17Pull over in here now!
22:19In here!
22:22What's he doing?
22:24Acting like an idiot.
22:27Jack, dive into the CRA.
22:31Alex, you're keeping your safety up.
22:35No, no, it's hanging for three.
22:36Just contact the highways.
22:37Get a lane one closure on, please.
22:44You smell alcohol a little bit, mate. Have you had a drink?
22:48Now that we've got that vehicle stopped,
22:50the smell coming from that vehicle is immense.
22:54Yeah.
22:54You've had a drink?
22:55Yeah, yeah.
22:56Just pass us your phone two seconds.
22:58Keep your hands where I can see them.
23:00Here as you're told.
23:01Jump out and come and take a seat in our car.
23:03Mate, just put the d*** on you for now, OK?
23:05There's more time you're detained, OK?
23:08But I just...
23:10I think you're very drunk.
23:12No, no, no, not very drunk.
23:14I don't know.
23:14But I just...
23:18Stop talking, it's best interest.
23:21He's talking like he's drunk.
23:23He's not with it at all.
23:26How he thinks he can now drive a vehicle
23:29on a busy part of the one,
23:31at a busy time of the day,
23:33it's just disgusting, really.
23:36Idiot.
23:37Absolute whopper.
23:39Take a seat in there, my friend.
23:41Yeah, no.
23:43I don't...
23:45Deep breath in.
23:46I'm going to ask you to put...
23:48Blow through this tube, OK for me?
23:49Deep breath in.
23:50Blow through the tube.
23:51Blow, blow, blow, blow.
23:52Blow harder, harder, harder, harder, harder.
23:54Harder, harder, harder.
23:55Thank you very much.
23:58Hard.
24:04137.
24:04All right.
24:05The legal limit is 35.
24:08All right.
24:08That is disgusting that you think you can be driving...
24:11Yeah, you're damn right.
24:11I'm going to be leaving them.
24:12The driver is nearly four times the legal limit.
24:16Right now, listen to me.
24:18OK?
24:19OK?
24:20Listen to me.
24:21Just be quiet.
24:22The time is now two minutes past eight.
24:25You are under arrest on suspicion of driving a motor vehicle
24:27whilst over the prescribed limit of alcohol.
24:29Shush!
24:30No, no, no.
24:31You're coming with me now.
24:32We're going to this police station.
24:34Yeah, I will go.
24:35OK.
24:36You come with me.
24:36No, no, no, no.
24:37You come with us.
24:38Yeah, no problem.
24:39You come with me.
24:41Don't worry.
24:42I'm not going anywhere.
24:44Don't worry.
24:45Yeah?
24:45How you think you can drive on the motorway with all these other people is beyond me.
24:50Your behaviour is disgusting.
24:54The motorway, like you can see, is busy.
24:57This guy's blown 137.
25:00This isn't just a few pints over.
25:02This is, he's been drinking heavily all day.
25:05And then he thinks he can drive a three and a half ton long wheelbase van with all these people.
25:10We could be dealing with a fatal, so it's a good job we've got him stopped.
25:14I'm glad that he's going to get banned and we'll see what happens down in custody.
25:19It's unbelievable.
25:21Unbelievable.
25:22Right, I've got your phone.
25:31What have you been drinking today?
25:34What are you thinking?
25:34What have you been drinking today?
25:36Yeah, whiskey.
25:37Whiskey.
25:38Yeah.
25:48Yeah, it's you, did he?
25:51Go on then, Paul.
25:52I get so annoyed at drunk drivers because there's such a clear message out there.
25:56It's been publicised for decades now.
25:59Let's just get it this way, this way.
26:02What's that?
26:03That's a wing mirror.
26:04And we see first hand the impact that has on people's lives when they go and kill somebody.
26:10Right, take a seat on this bench. Hang on, two seconds.
26:12Or kill themselves or kill someone of their friends in the car who's travelling with them.
26:17Take these off here.
26:18You know, the amount of people's lives that get destroyed and shattered from one person's selfish act.
26:27Each year, around 300 people in the UK are killed in collisions with drink drivers.
26:33Take a seat for me, please.
26:35Yeah.
26:35Yeah.
26:35No problem.
26:38Oh, surprise, surprise.
26:40You've been drink driving in the past, haven't you?
26:43Yeah.
26:43Yeah, okay.
26:45Didn't learn your lesson then.
26:49Alex takes the driver for an evidential breath test, which will be used in court.
26:58137.
26:58I can smell it.
27:00Yeah.
27:02Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't, don't,
27:07stop.
27:08Excellent.
27:10OK, 144 and 145, so very high.
27:13The fact that the driver's blood alcohol reading is still increasing suggests his last drink
27:18was recent.
27:19When you last got arrested for drink driving, what reading did you get out of that?
27:24I think it's 1.30.
27:271.30?
27:29I think so.
27:30So you're what we call a high risk road user, you're a danger to society.
27:36Nearly 40% of drivers breathalysed provide readings of more than double the legal limit.
27:43I had a cousin that was drink driving once, he didn't do it again because he put his car
27:47into a brick wall, killed his mate, killed himself and there was another of his friends
27:53in the back seat.
27:54So I'll see how it affects lives, mate.
28:01This goes to the nose in this order.
28:04144, 145.
28:07New and up?
28:08Yes.
28:08I've not searched him fully yet.
28:11Over the last 10 years, nearly 30,000 people have received more than one conviction for drink
28:18driving.
28:19There's no words really, are there?
28:21It's pretty much a bottle of whiskey that I've had to get that sort of reading.
28:25Good job got him stopped and he should get substantial disqualification period now.
28:30Potentially even some prison time.
28:32So, well, it's up to the courts now.
28:53There's been an autistic on a child on a bike that's been hit by a car, has a heavy dream
28:57is bleeding.
28:59Yeah.
28:59Have we had parents with a child or anything like that ringing?
29:02And do we know how old this child is?
29:04Keeper saying that the garden with a child spoke to the police station and that it's a
29:07nine-year-old child.
29:09They've got ambulance travelling on, sir.
29:12Yeah, proceed.
29:14Traffic cop Matt Cork is responding to a collision on the outskirts of Derby.
29:19So we're on the route to reports of an RTC car V child.
29:24There's some suggestion that a nine-year-old child has been knocked off and pushed by a
29:28bike car.
29:28And there's also some suggestion that the driver of that car is under the influence of
29:34alcohol.
29:35I believe at the moment the driver is still on scene.
29:40Around 300 children are hit by drivers under the influence of alcohol each year.
29:52It is dangerous, it causes loss of life, it causes serious injury, it causes heartbreak
29:56to families.
29:57Unfortunately, it continues to grow.
29:59My sister-in-law had a drink and drug driver go straight into the back of her at 90 mile
30:04an hour down the A38.
30:07It wrote her car off and it took a number of years before she got the confidence out behind
30:10the wheel on fast roads.
30:15As Matt arrives, the boy hurt in the collision is at the side of the road with his family
30:20and neighbours.
30:222-8 stage 6.
30:27Hello, chap.
30:29Are you witness driver?
30:30Yeah, I've witnessed it.
30:31Right, OK, Gran.
30:32Which, where's the driver gone?
30:34The driver's gone.
30:36Right, OK.
30:36He did give me his name.
30:38Yeah.
30:38There's a gentleman in the white t-shirt, I think he's in one of the houses.
30:41He did get the registration plate.
30:43Right, OK.
30:43Gran, thank you.
30:44I'll do it.
30:44I'll come back to you, mate.
30:46Anyway, driver's left scene, apparently.
30:48I hear a child.
30:49Hey, mate.
30:50Hi.
30:50How are we all?
30:51OK.
30:51Yeah.
30:52Right.
30:53What hurts?
30:55My head.
30:56Yeah.
30:58OK.
30:59Other than that, can you still wiggle all your toes and bits like that?
31:03Are you still able to walk at all?
31:05Not too much.
31:06No.
31:07Hurts.
31:08Yeah.
31:10Don't try and walk.
31:11It's all right.
31:12I just want to see if you can move your leg and things like that.
31:14So we can weight bear on it.
31:15Is it just here that hurts?
31:18OK.
31:19You've got the back of your head.
31:20The good thing is, we've got no bones poking out, have we?
31:23It's minor at the minute.
31:26I'm just going to touch your head, OK?
31:28Just want to check that we're not bleeding or anything like that.
31:31Yeah, we've got a bit of a bump on the back there, haven't we?
31:33OK.
31:34I take it you didn't have a helmet on.
31:37Right.
31:38So what's happened?
31:41What happened then?
31:42Where were you?
31:43I just fell around, I want to go there, just across me.
31:47Right.
31:47Were you on the road or were you on the path?
31:50I was on the road there.
31:52On the road there, outside the bus stop.
31:53So he's come from that way?
31:55Yeah.
31:55And he's driving that way?
31:56Yeah.
31:56What did he say afterwards?
31:58Nothing.
31:59OK.
32:00Do you know, does your mum and dad know that you're here?
32:03Yeah.
32:04Yeah?
32:05Hiya guys, you alright?
32:06My main concern is that bump on the back of your head and just getting it checked out.
32:09Alright?
32:11Yeah.
32:11Yeah.
32:12Right.
32:13Going forward, we need to make sure we have a helmet on.
32:16OK.
32:17As the paramedic arrives, Matt returns to the witnesses across the road.
32:23From what you've seen then?
32:24What actually happened?
32:25He's just going to go back, I think he's found me on the other side of the road.
32:27Yeah.
32:28He's just going to go across on his bike.
32:29Yeah.
32:29And the car's just like he's not seen him, straight into him.
32:32So, right.
32:33He's sort of buckled under his front.
32:36Yeah.
32:37Do you know if he's hit the front or the back wheel?
32:39I think it was the back wheel.
32:44Right.
32:44What's this chap giving his name as?
32:48Er...
32:48He did say to me as well, he said, I trusted me in the day I'd had a couple of
32:51pints.
32:52Right.
32:54He didn't slam on it.
32:55It was about something too long.
32:57Yeah.
32:57It didn't react as he'd expect to.
32:59Yeah.
33:00But you've got to go further down the road.
33:02So, we're stuck with him.
33:04Er, yes.
33:04From what witnesses are saying, it sounds like he might be under the influence of alcohol.
33:08So, it's important we get to his address as quick as we can and try and ascertain what
33:12his levels of alcohol are at.
33:16Matt runs the driver's details through the system.
33:21There's a bit of intel on our system.
33:25If he provides over, he'll be coming in and the investigation will begin.
33:29If you get ahead of that, there are eight, four, five, four.
33:31There are eight, ten, two-eight.
33:56They're not going to be on his door.
34:00No, there's no one.
34:01There's no one.
34:01I'm at this address. The car is outside. I'm getting no response.
34:04However, obviously, there's been insinuation that the driver's under the influence.
34:08There's somebody been injured, so I'm going to be forcing entry.
34:12With the driver potentially under the influence,
34:14it's critical that Matt breathalyses him as soon as possible.
34:19Final warning, chap. Door's going in. Stand by.
34:34Police! You're in here, show yourself!
34:41Coming up, the wanted driver...
34:44You've been involved in a collision with a child.
34:46..makes a surprising confession.
34:50And when was that?
34:52Ten minutes, you know, 20 minutes.
35:11Police! Come on down, otherwise you're going to put your door through.
35:16On the outskirts of Derby, traffic cop Matt Cork is looking for a driver
35:20suspected of knocking a nine-year-old off his bike while under the influence.
35:26Final warning, chap. Door's going in. Stand by.
35:42Police! If you're in here, show yourself!
35:46As Matt enters the house...
35:48Hello!
35:48..the owner appears outside.
35:50Just pop your hands out for me.
35:52Super, at the moment, mate. Pop them behind your back.
35:55You're under arrest and suspicion of driving whilst unfit.
35:58Through a drink or drugs, OK?
36:01Right, the reason being for this, but still...
36:04..is ultimately it's alleged you've been involved in a collision with a child.
36:07Yeah, yeah. I stopped at the scene.
36:09Right. OK.
36:11So.
36:11Local officers have arrived to assist.
36:15Hello, Tango 28. This chap's just appeared.
36:17He's under arrest for unfit at the moment.
36:19I stopped at the scene to see if it was OK.
36:22Yeah.
36:23Except if it was OK, so I sort of went.
36:25But, right.
36:28Have a seat in there for us, chap.
36:33Right.
36:34When was the last time you had an alcoholic drink?
36:37Look, it's not so good.
36:39Then I'm a large cup for a drink.
36:41OK.
36:43Er...
36:44..and when was that?
36:4610 minutes ago, 20 minutes ago.
36:48All I need you to do is take a deep breath in,
36:50see your lips from that tube and keep blowing till I tell you to stop, OK?
36:54Go for it.
36:58Stop.
37:03Legal limit's 35.
37:06And you provided a reading of 44, OK?
37:10So, er, we're going to go down to the police station.
37:33There's been reports of a collision whereby a nine-year-old child has been knocked off his bike by a
37:40vehicle.
37:44So, have you, since the time of the alleged offence, consumed or used any of the following things?
37:50And if so, what?
37:52So, the time of the alleged offence is going to be the time of the collision.
37:56All right?
37:57So, have you, since that time, had any alcohol or other drink?
38:01Er...
38:01Er, a couple of pints.
38:03OK.
38:04Do you want to follow me, Collie?
38:06Yeah.
38:06All right.
38:07And I'll speak to you shortly.
38:09At the minute, this gent's saying that, er, out of sheer panic and shock from this incident,
38:14he's driven home and then walked to his local and necked two pints.
38:19OK.
38:19Take a nice deep breath.
38:21Make a good seal around the tube and blow into it for me.
38:24That's it.
38:24Keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going, keep going.
38:28Keep going.
38:29Stop.
38:29There's no reason why a driver should not be able to react to something in the road and slow and
38:35stop.
38:36I think drink drivers are quite selfish for putting other people at risk
38:40and putting their own, er, want for alcohol above other people's safety, to be honest.
38:46So, your first specimen of breath came out at 42, and your second one came out at 42.
38:52All right.
38:53So, the legal limit for drink driving is 35.
38:55So, now it'll be a case of, er, interviewing him, er, finding out exactly what he's had to drink,
39:00when he's had to drink, er, how much he's had to eat, things like that.
39:07OK.
39:08So, er, this interview is being digitally recorded.
39:11Tell me, you know, as much detail as possible about the collision and your actions before and after.
39:18Well, basically, it sort of came out of the blue.
39:20I just didn't see him.
39:21So, what did you do after the collision?
39:23Well, I got out, er, went back to the boy to ask how he was.
39:27Yeah.
39:28And, er, he sent it all right.
39:29Yeah, if it said he was, he said a head injury, I think he, if it said that, I would
39:33have stayed.
39:34I don't know why I came home and went to the pool.
39:37I can't believe I did that.
39:38I was just panicking, I suppose.
39:40So, when you went to the pub, what did you have to drink?
39:43Yeah, I had a pint of, er, San Miguel.
39:45So, when we were at the custody desk, he'd said, yeah, I've had two pints of lager.
39:50Right.
39:51We're certain then it's one pint, er, and ultimately when I, when I go into the pub and speak to
39:57them,
39:57they'll be able to confirm it.
39:58Yeah.
39:59Yeah.
40:01During the 45-minute interview, the driver tells Matt that he'd also had two pints of lager before the accident.
40:10Is there anything that you wish to add or clarify?
40:13Possibly it did have three, I don't know, but that's, that's, that's the only thing, yeah.
40:16So, yeah, just to clarify, then it was three pints.
40:19I don't know how to have.
40:20Right, OK.
40:21From here, you're going to be released under investigation.
40:24I'll obviously be seeing what we've had to drink there.
40:26Watching CCTV, looking at their till, their register, and bits like that.
40:32While the driver is released on bail, Matt's case now depends on a back calculation to determine whether he was
40:39over the limit at the time of the collision.
40:44Recent years have seen a 25% increase in drivers under the influence of drugs and alcohol.
40:52Drink and drug driving at the moment really is a massive, massive issue.
40:57Every single shift, perhaps two or three incidents in a 12-hour period, day or night, weekend, weekdays, it doesn't
41:05matter what time of year.
41:06And the issue doesn't seem to be going away.
41:11I've had 101 different stories, ranging from family bereavements to hard times at work.
41:17I'll be honest, there's no sympathy from me.
41:20These people have put themselves and other road users at serious risk.
41:25As a traffic cop, we have to be quite motivated to go and make the streets of Derbyshire safe by
41:31catching these drink and drug drivers.
41:33It's the worst and most selfish form of traffic offence that there is.
41:38So we invest a lot of time, energy and effort into going after these people because we don't want them
41:44on the streets.
41:48In this episode...
41:49In a Oscar Tango 14, this vehicle is failing to stop.
41:54In the case of the driver who led Martin Carter on a high-speed pursuit...
41:59And it's a crash, crash, crash.
42:01Can you hear us?
42:04He had nearly ten times the minimum level of ketamine required for prosecution in his system.
42:10Is he trapped?
42:12He is trapped, mate, yeah.
42:13He pleaded guilty to causing serious injury through dangerous driving, drug driving, driving without insurance and possession of ketamine, cannabis
42:23and a knife.
42:25The driver admitted that he'd been at a party in a local town and he'd consumed a copious amount of
42:31ketamine.
42:32His thought process was that he could outrun the police.
42:36He was disqualified from driving for four and a half years and sentenced to three years and two months in
42:43prison.
42:43Stay where you are.
42:45OK, you broke your leg.
42:47All right.
42:47So you can't stand on it?
42:49The passenger spent three weeks in a coma and suffered two fractured legs.
42:54As a result of the collision, the passenger has got some seriously life-changing injuries to his legs.
43:02Following an investigation, traffic cop Martin Carter was cleared.
43:07There was no wrongdoing from me or any other officer involved.
43:11This type of incident is typical with the kind of misery that drug drivers can bring to their own lives,
43:17but more importantly to the lives of others.
43:21Pull over in here now! In here!
43:24The driver who was stopped on the M1...
43:27Smell of alcohol a little bit, mate. Have you had a drink?
43:30Yeah.
43:31Have you had a drink?
43:31...was charged with driving while unfit due to alcohol.
43:36How you'd think you can drive on the motorway with all these other people is beyond me.
43:42He was given an 18-month suspended sentence and banned from the roads for 56 months.
43:52137.
43:53All right.
43:53The legal limit is 35.
43:56All right.
43:56That is disgusting that you think you can be driving...
43:59Yeah, you're damn right I'm going to be leaving them.
44:02Final warning, chap.
44:03Door's going in.
44:06And in the case of the driver who hit a nine-year-old off his bike...
44:11What did he say afterwards?
44:12Nothing.
44:13It's fine.
44:14He's allegedly been involved in a collision with a child.
44:17No action was taken against him for any offence after the results of the back calculation were under the legal
44:23limit for alcohol.
44:25The child's injuries were minor and he's made a full recovery.
44:34If you or someone you know has been affected by any of the issues raised in this programme, please go
44:38to channel5.com slash helplines for information and support.
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44:53Oh, yeah.
44:58I'm sorry.
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