ALL PROVISIONAL FIGURES SUBJECT TO RATIFICATION. 2011 TT RTC statistics Fatal = 4 (All 4 involved motorcycles) Serious = 32 (All 32 involved motorcycles) Slight = 24 (16 involved motorcycles) Damage = 31 (14 involved motorcycles) Animal = 1 (0 involved motorcycles) Total = 92 2010 TT RTC Statistics Fatal = 1 Serious = 22 Slight = 22 Damage = 31 Animal = 3 Total = 79 SPEEDERS: 2011 2010 275 287 DRINK DRIVER’s: 2011 2010 13 (4 x charged, 4 x bailed and 5 NFA’s) 7 (6 x charged. 1 x NFA) (NFA = No Further Action) Inspector Mark Britton of the Roads Policing says: “This has been a very busy year for the Roads Policing Unit. We have been engaged in some very serious incidents and at times crash scenes resembled a war zone. My thoughts go out to the family and friends of those people that have been died and to those who are or have been seriously injured. The team have worked tirelessly to try and keep collisions down but given the volume of traffic on the roads during this year’s TT it has been a difficult task. Enforcement levels are good and pro-activity high. I pay tribute to the Police Officers from the team and within the Constabulary for the work they have done. We will start the work towards next year’s TT by reviewing what we have done this year and whether there are any improvements we can make to keep people safe.” Arrest figures. Total arrests 197 Locals arrested – 155 Visitors arrested – 44 Arrests involving drink/drunkenness – 136 Arrests involving violence/assault or public order – 108 Breaches of Court bail – 18 Arrests for Drink Drive – 13 Arrests involving drugs – 13 Compares to 182 arrests for the same period last year During the period 29/5 to 12/6 2011 , the control room managed around 1100 calls for police service. This was about on a par with 2010 Inspector Derek Flint, Force Media Officer said: ‘ TT 2011 was a challenging festival, as is every year. We deliver the policing service completely ‘in house’, and it is a huge logistical operation to make sure that staff are in the right place at the right time, but also to be able to deal with the unexpected as well as the predictable. The use of Twitter and Facebook this year has, I believe, given locals and visitors alike a better insight into what we have to contend with, on the roads at least. We hope the information has been both of interest, and also helped people go about their daily business a little more smoothly. Outside of roads policing, operational demand has been pretty much on a par with last year. 199 arrests over a 2 week period is a challenge, and involves us opening multiple custody sites to manage demand. As can be seen from the figures provided, the visitor element tends to be pretty well behaved, compared to the significant local element that were arrested. Now the festival is over, we will as always sit down both internally and with our partners, and analyse how we did, and how we can be better for next year and beyond. We have received many plaudits for our efforts, but certainly won’t be resting easy. TT policing is an element of our work where we really are on the world stage, and we are acutely aware of how big a part that has to play in the projection of the festival as a world class event.’ ENDS