More than 200,000 incidents reported to police since 2021, with some forces seeing an increase of as much as 695%More than 200,000 video submissions of dangerous driving and other incidents on the roads of England and Wales have been made through Operation SNAP's online reporting portal since the start of 2021, new figures have revealed.
Topping the table for most reports received were Avon & Somerset Police and West Yorkshire Police whose 2023/24 totals were more than what all but six of the other forces received across the entire three-year period. Avon & Somerset, West Yorkshire, Essex, Greater Manchester and West Mercia’s police forces all supplied Accident Claims Advice with the offence spotted in the submitted footage.
Just this morning, we were contacted by a reader who told us Thames Valley Police had instructed her to stop reporting close passes unless there is evidence of careless driving, creating some confusion about whether the act of close-passing a cyclist itself is not actually sufficient evidence of careless or dangerous driving.
"We view every piece of footage submitted and where offences are identified and the evidence is clear we will take action. Where the prosecution threshold isn't quite met, we will consider sending a warning letter to those drivers, advising them of their poor manner of driving," he said.