Cyclist Activity and Incidents in St. Helier

​​​​​​Request 851308847

Number of cyclists (and scooters) on average on any one working day: failing to dismount area of Snow Hill/Queen Street and number of cyclists who cycle the wrong-way up La Colomberie. Information will be available from camera coverage.

Also, number of incidents reported involving cyclists in St Helier last month.

Response

In total, there have been thirteen reported incidents involving cyclists in St. Helier between May 20th and June 19th.

The States of Jersey Police does not hold information in a recorded format relating to the average number of cyclists or scooter riders who fail to dismount in the Snow Hill/Queen Street area, nor the average number of cyclists who travel the wrong way along La Colomberie on any given working day.

While CCTV cameras may capture footage of these locations, the information requested is not held as a recorded statistic. To provide the figures requested would require the States of Jersey Police to review and analyse CCTV footage and create new data by counting relevant incidents.

Under the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011, public authorities are required to provide access to information they already hold. They are not required to create new information, compile statistics, or carry out analysis in order to answer a request.

Article 3 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 applies, and a response is declined.

Article applied

Article 3 - Meaning of “information held by a public authority”

For the purposes of this Law, information is held by a public authority if –

(a) it is held by the authority, otherwise than on behalf of another person; or

(b) it is held by another person on behalf of the authority.