Latest changes – investigation of fatal and serious injury road collisions

Replaced:

• ‘Highways England and others (2020) Strategic Road Responders Agreement’ with ‘Strategic road responders agreement (National Highways, 2022)’
• ‘Highways England and others (2019) CLEAR: Keeping Traffic Moving' with 'CLEAR Keeping traffic moving (National Highways, 2021)

Updated link to guidance on seizure, retention and disposal of human tissue. 

Sections added on disaster victim identification teams, recovery and identification of the deceased and minor text amends made.

Broken link fixed to Derbyshire County Council roadside tributes and memorials policy.

Updated link to new National Police Chiefs' Council (NPCC) National Roads Policing Strategy (2022-2025).

Replace CLEAR guidance and strategic road responders agreement with most up to date versions.

Removed link to ACPO (2013) Forensic collision investigation and reconstruction protocol.

Updated link to NPCC 2018 Policing our Roads Together - 3 Year Strategy.

Updated NPCC protocol for Forensic Collision Investigation and Reconstruction.

Reference to JESIP added.

Addition of link to STATS20 report.

Change in reference from Road Policing SIO to Road Policing Lead Investigator, plus amendments to responsibilities of Forensic Collision Investigator and Vehicle Examiner.

1. Update links to the CLEAR Principles to 2015 version
2. Update references to the five year strategy to 2015 version
3. Instances of VOSA replaced by DVSA

Removal of a link to Ministry of Justice (2013) Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.

Removal of links to the PPF which suggested that particular roles require an officer to be of a certain rank, which is not true.

Update links to 2013 Code of Practice for Victims of Crime.