Collision following pursuit - Metropolitan Police Service, February 2018

On 26 February 2018 at approximately 8.50pm, a Metropolitan Police Service MPS vehicle began pursuing a BMW driving at excessive speed on the A2. The pursuit lasted for approximately five minutes before the BMW made off from the police vehicle and out of sight, at speeds in excess of 140mph. A few minutes after the police vehicle lost sight of the BMW, the BMW was found by the same officers crashed at a roundabout. One man in the BMW received life-changing injuries.

The entire pursuit was captured on video footage recorded within the police vehicle. The two officers and a civilian passenger provided us with detailed accounts. The three men in the BMW declined to provide accounts.

The footage and radio communications provided evidence that the officers acted in line with their training and policy and there was no indication they had breached the standards of professional behaviour or committed a criminal offence.