Ambulance service pays out millions of pounds in compensation for vehicle accidents

By The Newsroom
Published 12th Jun 2017, 08:05 BST
Updated 15th Jun 2017, 08:40 BST
Yorkshires ambulance service has paid out millions of pounds in compensation through its insurance scheme for road collision claims involving its vehicles.Yorkshires ambulance service has paid out millions of pounds in compensation through its insurance scheme for road collision claims involving its vehicles.
Yorkshires ambulance service has paid out millions of pounds in compensation through its insurance scheme for road collision claims involving its vehicles.
Yorkshire's ambulance service has paid out millions of pounds in compensation through its insurance scheme for road collisions involving its emergency vehicles, the YEP can exclusively reveal.

A total of 2,295 crashes involving ambulances or patient transfer vehicles were recorded by Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (YAS) between 2015 and 2017.

Ambulance service pays out millions of pounds in compensation for vehicle accidents

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And the trust was forced to pay out more than £6.6m over the two-year period through its insurance scheme in compensation, figures obtained under the Freedom of Information Act show.

One fifth all the crashes happened in the Leeds ambulance district, which also covers Airedale and Bradford.

Paramedics and union officials have told the YEP that tiredness, long distance travelling to emergencies and a surge in traffic on the roads are all contributing factors.