West Mercia Police has recorded 781 hit-and-run incidents in the last three years, including eight deaths.
Data obtained by Legal Expert via a Freedom of Information request to all UK Police forces shows that West Mercia Police has logged 231 hit-and-run offences in the last year , but figures are down compared to previous years.
The force that covers Shropshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire has confirmed a total of eight deaths due to hit-and-runs since 2021 and 144 serious or life-changing injuries. The data adds that 791 people were also recorded as having sustained 'slight' injuries. The firm adds that the Crown Prosecution Service confirmed that only 257 hit-and-run prosecutions have been made in West Mercia during the same time period.
The data release comes after several hit-and-run incidents on Shropshire's roads in the last three years, including when convicted drug-dealer Stephen McHugh killed Rebecca Steer in October 2022 by deliberately driving into a crowd of pedestrians in Oswestry.after jurors heard the then 28-year-old drove onto a footpath less than five minutes after snorting cocaine.
Last year, a Shropshire mother of two criticised police and was appealing for help to identify a driver after she was run over while taking her children to school.
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