Hundreds of UK police officers injured in deliberate car-ramming

7 March 2025

"The suspect was unarmed," screams the anti-police narrative... despite a criminal using their two tons of car to deliberately drive at - and attack - police officers.

Cars are weapons. And sadly ones that can badly injure police officers, if not kill.

Hundreds of UK police officers were injured in deliberate car-ramming incidents last year.

The research was prompted by reports of incidents stating that a criminal was "unarmed", even though that person had used their car as a weapon against police officers.

Many car-ramming incidents happen when people are trying to avoid arrest, and can result in officers being seriously injured.

According to a Freedom of Information (FOI) request, in 2024 244 officers reported injuries after being involved in incidents where police vehicles were deliberately rammed. This is up from the previous year (219 officers injured) and 2022 (200 officers injured).

But 19 out of 48 forces were unable to supply figures for how many of their officers were injured in this way, due to the time and cost of finding the data. This suggests that the true number is much higher and that many forces do not automatically collate or measure these figures.

In Humberside, 6 officers were injured in this manner in the past three years.  

Police Federation of England and Wales Roads Policing Lead, Phil Jones, said: “Unfortunately, quite often, we do not see relevant charges that reflect the serious nature of [these incidents] and therefore it does not act as a sufficient deterrent to others.”

Mr Jones continued: “To use a vehicle as a weapon to ram a police vehicle is an intentional act by the offender, and therefore should be treated as such.

“Worryingly, this could be the start of a growing, abhorrent trend. I would urge police chiefs to ensure there are more consistent data sets nationally, to build a true picture of what is happening on the ground. Together, we can use this evidence to improve criminal justice outcomes and compensation.”