Traffic Cops

Derbyshire officers deal with young and dangerous motorists, pursuing a 23-year-old wanted driver who is racing through busy streets at more than 90 miles an hour. While the officers follow at a safe distance, the suspect hurtles into traffic, causing a devastating four-car pile-up. Near Chesterfield, police race to a horrific crash, in which an 18-year-old's car has smashed head-on into a tree.

Officers are on the lookout for a suspected cloned car, a vehicle disguised as another by copying its number plate, as they believe it is being used to commit crime. When it's spotted, four suspects make a run for it, and one is recognised as someone who rammed a police car weeks before. On the M1, officers tail a car linked to a known repeat offender and as several units pull over the car, the driver suddenly jumps into the back seat. Searching the vehicle, the cops make a worrying discovery.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice.

In the north of Derbyshire, a suspected cloned car races through the countryside, weaving through traffic, dodging Stinger traps and mounting the pavement. Elsewhere, a driver does doughnuts right in front of an oncoming officer, leading him on a chase through a country park. Also, another suspected stolen vehicle makes off from one of the team, dragging them into yet another pursuit.

As police pursue a car suspected of carrying drugs across county lines, it smashes into a parked car. Inside, they find two young men, but no drugs, With the car mysteriously slowing down before the crash, officers suspect the men threw the drugs out the window. A routine speed check leads to an arrest, when officers pull over a man suspected of going over the speed limit and smell cannabis.

On the M1, police receive reports of a lorry drifting across busy lanes. As officers get on its tail, the 40-ton vehicle swerves out of control, almost smashing into a queue of traffic on a slip road. A HGV mysteriously loses control on a dual carriageway and veers off the road, crashing head-first into a ditch. On the M1, a lorry pile-up brings officers racing to the scene.

In the Derbyshire Peaks, police pursue a dangerous driver who takes off at speed when they catch up with him, hitting 80 miles an hour and clashing with other cars along the way. In the centre of Derby, police spot two cars racing and after a high-speed chase through the town centre, they're forced to use two stingers to bring the young drivers to a stop.

Officers find an injured biker who says he's been knocked off his bike by a drink driver. When the police track the suspect to an address nearby, the man becomes aggressive, making threats. Officers spot a car with no lights on performing a dangerous overtake on a taxi, and when they breathalyse the young woman driving, the cause of her carelessness becomes clear.

An unlicensed driver flees from police, sparking a frantic pursuit involving firearms officers and a police helicopter. As officers track down a man suspected of driving without a licence or insurance, they find a surprise lurking in his boot - empty barrels and the stench of diesel. Also, police respond to a crash involving a young biker.

In the wake of a surge of criminals using fake car numberplates to commit crimes, Derbyshire officers are under pressure to locate these cloned cars and catch criminals trying to fly under the radar. Police respond to reports of a suspected cloned car near Derby and after detaining the driver at a local petrol station, the driver confesses to stealing fuel, and officers discover that he is drunk. Now they must get him off the road and into custody before he causes more havoc

Derbyshire officers battle a surge in car crime across the East Midlands and South Yorkshire, with 10 police units from two forces pursuing a gang of suspected car thieves using fake registration plates to steal high-powered vehicles. On the M1, officers apprehend the driver of a stolen vehicle at a motorway services and discover he is carrying a selection of dangerous knives, with identity checks revealing the man is wanted for a serious assault and robbery.

Police endeavours to tackle drunk or drug drivers. Police control receives reports of suspected drug driver. After the driver fails to stop, cops are forced into a high-speed pursuit.

The daily challenge of catching car thieves, with organised gangs using hi-tech scanners to hack into keyless cars, allowing them to unlock and steal a vehicle in less than a minute. Cops spot a stolen car using fake registration plates that they believe has been used for the getaway in a robbery, while at the Derbyshire border, a call comes in about the theft of an expensive 4x4.

Jamie Theakston narrates an episode focusing on thieves and burglars, with officers sent to investigate a report of a suspected break-in at a warehouse on an industrial estate near Chesterfield. Five miles north, police race to another suspected theft at a distribution centre, where they believe three males have been siphoning petrol from lorries.

Officers tackle people driving illegally, going in pursuit of a motorist who fails to stop after a driving licence check reveals he has no insurance, with the chase reaching more than double the national speed limit. After a lengthy pursuit on the outskirts of Chesterfield, multiple officers are forced to use a stinger to bring a disqualified driver to a safe stop, but despite his tyres being punctured the suspect carries on driving dangerously.

it takes six units from two police forces to bring to a stop a suspected cloned van thought to be carrying stolen goods, which officers spot being throwing out of the window onto the motorway. Police have to close down both sides of a carriageway when a pedestrian is found walking down a live lane on a fast road on the outskirts of Derby.

Just outside Ripley, Derbyshire, officers head to a set of roadworks following a tip-off that a driver is suspected of regularly driving to and from his place of work under the influence of drink. When they arrive, they arrest a workman who is not only aggressive and appears to be drunk, but is wanted for being in breach of a court order, so is taken into custody. Police also tackle a surge in thefts from lorries, boxing in and intercepting a couple of known offenders with a history of burglary.

With roads busier on a bank holiday weekend, Derbyshire officers deal with hundreds of reports of drink, drug and dangerous driving, as well as an array of other crimes. Police also take part in Operation Limit, a road safety campaign to clamp down on drink and drug driving, arresting a trainee truck driver who has crashed into a friend's car.

Offices go in pursuit of a banned drink-driver who collides with a passing car before taking off again only to crash into someone's garden after a further chase. In south Derbyshire, officers spot a man wanted for an alleged domestic burglary and assault and seize the opportunity to catch the suspect while in his car, while police officers respond to a call for help after a lone sergeant stops a suspicious-looking car on the M1 with five men inside.

Officers chase a suspected stolen vehicle believed to be using fake number plates. As the car fails to stop, more units join the pursuit and are aided by a heroic member of the public who chases the driver as he tries to get away. A call comes in about a fight in a pub, where a male customer has allegedly been assaulted by a woman who is being aggressive. In Chesterfield, a woman is caught driving her partner's car with no licence and no insurance.

Officers clamp down on dangerous and illegal drivers, from those under the influence of drink or drugs to those without insurance or a valid licence. Derbyshire's road crime team goes on a high-speed pursuit of a reckless disqualified driver who fails to stop, while police respond to a call from a member of public about a crash in which two cars have collided head on, with one on its roof with people trapped inside.

Officers chase a suspected stolen vehicle believed to be using fake number plates. As the car fails to stop, more units join the pursuit and are aided by a heroic member of the public who chases the driver as he tries to get away. A call comes in about a fight in a pub, where a male customer has allegedly been assaulted by a woman who is being aggressive. In Chesterfield, a woman is caught driving her partner's car with no licence and no insurance.

Derbyshire officers take part in Operation Fuego, a week-long, five forces strong campaign targeting road crime gangs using cloned vehicle registration plates to hide their tracks while transporting drugs, cash and stolen vehicles across the country. After a lengthy pursuit down the motorway, officers surround and box in a car full of youths thought to be involved in stealing from HGVs at motorway services and lorry parks.

In this episode, Officers attend a road traffic collision in bad weather, where a motorbike rider is trapped under a car. When the police arrive, they discover that, luckily for the rider, the local community including an off-duty nurse have come together to assist whilst waiting for an ambulance to arrive.Across Derbyshire, officers clamp down on drivers putting other road users' lives at risk, as well as their own. Near Chesterfield, a suspected uninsured and unlicensed driver recklessly fails to stop, speeding past young children in a local housing estate before disappearing. After a long search, the car is found parked up near a suspect's address, and an investigation begins to identify the driver.With illegal car meet-ups and antisocial driving becoming an increasing problem across the county, officers pull over a high performance vehicle following reports of the driver live streaming on social media doing speeds of over a hundred and seventy miles an hour. Officers find themselves caught on camera and under pressure when locals film during a routine stop check.Traffic Cops investigate the case of a driver who crashed into a lorry after drinking heavily and then racing his friend's car with his family also inside. CCTV from various sources including the lorry the driver crashed into, helps officers crack the case.

It is estimated that one thousand vans are stolen in the UK every month. In this episode Derbyshire Traffic Cops target criminals stealing vans, banned drivers in vans and thieves in vans on the run.With a clampdown on gangs stealing vans to order, officers are on the hunt for a transit van taken without keys from a driveway. But, with the suspects changing number plates to disguise the stolen vehicle, it makes tracking it down much harder, even with four police units and a helicopter in hot pursuit.Following a tip-off about a suspected disqualified driver, officers search for and arrest the driver of a van who, when questioned, says he has no recollection of being disqualified.Near Derby, officers respond to a report of a ram raid and hunt down a suspected stolen van. Following a short pursuit with the van, the driver is arrested for a stack of other offences, including driving the van illegally and possession of drugs.In the Midlands, three men in a stolen transit van are captured on CCTV stealing thousands of pounds worth of cable drums. Officers race to intercept the van which appears to be driving in convoy with another car also thought to be linked to the theft.And officers on the lookout for suspect work vans spot a disqualified driver with a host of driving bans who was using a work van to escape detection from police cameras.

Following a spike in car thefts across Derbyshire, officers are on the lookout for cross-border gangs stealing high end cars. A police camera alert triggers officers into action and they give chase to a suspected stolen car. Another suspect vehicle with cloned plates triggers a high-speed chase, but the driver escapes off-road down a track.

More than 60 thefts are reported to Derbyshire Police every day. In this episode, following a rise in thefts across the East Midlands, officers target organised gangs of thieves and burglars. Police cameras trigger a search for a suspected cloned car linked to multiple burglaries across the county. Six units give chase including a dog handler. Three suspects are eventually located in a shed on a housing estate. Store CCTV footage identifies burglars thought to be stealing from a string of homeware shops across three counties after officers stop a man and a woman with a boot full of loot. And a report of an attempted break-in of a car leads to the arrest of a couple of teenage suspects.

Automatic number plate recognition cameras trigger an alert for a suspected disqualified driver with no insurance, prompting three police units to give chase. Officers arrest a man following intelligence that links his vehicle to suspected child protection concerns. Plus, three men are arrested on the motorway in two suspected stolen cloned vans, which are thought to be travelling together

A high-speed pursuit for a traffic officer is risky business, with 'drivers failing to stop' causing around 40 deaths a year on Britain's roads. Police across the UK are involved in nearly 13,000 pursuits every year as suspected criminals try everything they can to evade capture. In this episode, a dangerous driver fails to stop for officers for more than 45 minutes. The driver eventually goes off road and three men make a run for it. And officers are forced to engage in the pursuit of a vehicle that has already failed to stop for local police. After losing sight of the car, officers search the area and find the car abandoned and arrest a suspect close. 

Dealing with drug users and dealers is a daily challenge for Traffic Cops. With drug offences on the rise and casualties from drug driving having nearly trebled in the last ten years, Derbyshire's Road Crime Team target criminals who supply or deal drugs or drive under the influence of drugs. A driver, who is caught in possession of drugs and suspected of being under the influence of drugs, does everything he can to evade capture including ramming into a police car. Officers also target the suspected trafficking of drugs in a taxi through Derbyshire and Yorkshire and arrest two men and a taxi driver for drug searches and questioning about intelligence linking them to supply of crack cocaine. 

It's estimated that 1,000 vans are stolen in the UK every month. In this episode Derbyshire Traffic Cops target criminals stealing vans, banned drivers in vans and thieves in vans on the run. With a clampdown on gangs stealing vans to order, officers are on the hunt for a transit van taken without keys from a driveway. But, with the suspects changing number plates to disguise the stolen vehicle, it makes tracking it down much harder, even with four police units and a helicopter in hot pursuit. And following a tip-off about a suspected disqualified driver, officers search for and arrest the driver of a van who, when questioned, says he has no recollection of being disqualified.

It's estimated that nearly 15,000 police pursuits take place every year, putting the police and the public at risk, as out-of-control criminals try to avoid being caught. Seven and a half thousand accidents occur every year when drivers lose control of their vehicles. In this episode, officers spot a speeding car and are forced to pursue the driver as he fails to stop. The driver heads the wrong way down a dual carriageway before darting off road and switching off his headlights to try and avoid capture. Near Derby, the race is on to save a driver who has lost control of his car and has careered off a dual carriageway and into a swamp. 

More than 80,000 motorists lose their driving licence every year and nearly ten percent of those are already banned from driving. In this episode, cops clamp down on unlicensed drivers who are responsible for thousands of road traffic collisions every year.

Each year, Derbyshire's police and emergency services are called out to over 1600 crashes. In this episode, the Traffic Cops deal with such crashes and distracted drivers putting lives on the line. Officers race to a serious crash on one of Derbyshire's busiest roads. Three cars collided after a car lost control and flew over the central reservation into oncoming traffic. Crash investigators must also begin an inquiry into the cause of the collision. Cops are called out after a huge lorry hits a barrier on a bridge. The driver is trapped inside, jack-knifed, with his front wheels and cabin hanging over the edge. It's too dangerous for police to rescue him so they must wait for fire crews to arrive to cut him out. 

Around 3000 people a year are killed or seriously injured as a result of drink driving. In this episode, officers launch a drink and drug driving crackdown in the lead-up to Christmas and make about 200 arrests. One driver suspected of drink driving tries to escape from an officer and crashes into a van, knocking down a telegraph pole. The driver is unconscious and the front of the car catches fire. And officers respond to a tipoff about a drunk man about to leave a pub and get in his car to drive home.

There are over 40,000 assaults on police officers every year and they are at their most vulnerable when they are single crewed. Alone and often outnumbered, they are 50% more likely to suffer an injury than when they are working in pairs. In this episode, a routine stop on a car suspected of having no insurance or MOT attracts the attention of a man from an on-looking house. He pulls out a handgun. The officer has to drop his questioning of the driver and focus on the armed man until back-up arrives. And four suspected thieves go on the run in a suspected cloned car after failing to stop for a lone officer. Other officers arrive on scene to help look for the runaways who have abandoned a car with suspected stolen tools inside. 

Theft of goods from lorries is thought to cost the UK more than £250m a year. In this episode, officers crack down on a surge in attacks on HGVs. While on the lookout for thieves targeting trucks in the middle of the night, Derbyshire officers respond to a call for backup from Nottinghamshire Police and embark on the highspeed pursuit of a suspected cloned van thought to be carrying goods stolen from the back of a lorry. And near Chesterfield, a suspected thief driving a cloned van is caught, and bitten by a police dog, while trying to escape officers following a five-car pile-up on the motorway. 

Every year, the police deal with around 17,000 hit-and-run incidents across the UK - an increase of 60% cent in just one decade. In this episode, a tragic death on one of Derbyshire's busiest roads leads to a nationwide manhunt for a hit-and-run driver.

An estimated 90 per cent of hit-and-run drivers are never tracked down. In this episode, officers rush to the scene of a fatal road traffic collision on a country road in the Peak District. A BMW has overtaken and crashed head on with a car with a mother and son inside. Crash detectives investigate and a manhunt is launched to find two runaway suspects who fled the scene. And cops respond to another collision. On arrival, emergency services are treating a male claiming to be a passenger, so the search is on for a fleeing driver. It becomes clear that whoever was driving wasn't wearing a seat belt and was ejected from the car through the back window and onto a grass verge.

Extreme weather conditions play a role in the death or serious injury of four people a day on UK's roads. In this episode, the Traffic Cops brave extreme winter weather to deal with dangerous and distracted drivers putting lives at risk on the county's roads.

Every year Derbyshire's Traffic Cops deal with over 300 life-changing and fatal collisions. Many are due to excessive speed and involve the most vulnerable - the young and the elderly. There's a serious crash involving a young motorcyclist and an elderly pedestrian. Paramedics are on site but are unable to save the older male. Evidence from witnesses and CCTV are examined by the crash investigation team, leading to the arrest of the biker, charged on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving. A young and inexperienced teenager with a provisional driving licence collides with a wall and overturns her car. Despite the extensive damage, it's a lucky escape and the young girl is unharmed but faces court action. And officers attend a two car collision between an elderly couple and a young man whose car was flipped onto its side when driven into head on at a junction. 

An estimated £10 billion worth of illegal drugs are sold in the UK every year. In this episode, Traffic Cops crack down on drug gangs ruling through fear and the dealers cashing in on their victims. Officers respond to intelligence on a vehicle thought to be linked to organised crime, resulting in the arrest of a suspected drug dealer believed to be trafficking a million pounds worth of cocaine. Persistence and patience are key in catching criminals involved in the supply of drugs and, after four days of surveillance on a local suspect, officers track down and arrest the man they have been searching for. And Traffic Cops respond to a call for back up following a report that small packets of white powder were thrown out of the window of a vehicle being chased by another unit.

With Derbyshire bordered by seven counties, policing its roads for criminals on the move is a daily challenge. In this episode, cops respond to intelligence that a possible cloned vehicle, thought to be responsible for a string of car key burglaries in North-East Derbyshire, is heading towards Chesterfield. Officers pursue and manage to puncture the vehicle's tyres and then chase and arrest two suspects who run into a nearby field. On the M1, officers pull over a driver, where checks reveal he is disqualified and without insurance. He has a previous history of violent offences and they bring him to custody and interview him, having found a flick knife on him and a hammer in his car, all of which he denies have anything to do with any kind of criminality. And near Chesterfield, police hunt for a stolen caravan. Having been alerted by a tracker on the vehicle, the caravan is soon found on an industrial site but the driver makes a run for it. 

In this first episode of the new series, the traffic cops clamp down on young drivers causing danger on north Yorkshire's roads. In the Yorkshire Dales, the traffic cops hunt down a young man believed to be drug driving who's failed to stop in a suspected stolen car and escaped on foot into fields. On the outskirts of York, officers suspect drugs are involved when a young driver smashes head-on into a lorry at speed. Near Selby, cops are forced to use a stinger and puncture three tyres in a bid to try and stop a repeat drunk and drugged driver, who seems determined to avoid arrest at all costs. And officers are left shocked when they stop a drug driver who's just been released from custody, but then gets behind the wheel again while still testing positive.

A tip-off leads to a major drugs bust in North Yorkshire, as well as the arrest of a suspected drug runner travelling through the county with a massive huge haul of cannabis. Near York, police cameras trigger an alert for a stolen van and when the vehicle is eventually stopped, officers are surprised to find two young children in the van being driven by their dad - who doesn't have a licence.

A prolific car thief with a string of convictions under his belt crashes and rolls a stolen car at over 100mph, while in Harrogate the hunt for a cloned car and disqualified driver leads to a high-speed pursuit. The suspect leaps from the moving car and leaves it driverless, heading downhill straight towards a busy main road during the rush hour.

The mysterious case of a hit and run crash leads to a pursuit across open fields.

Near York, a reckless young driver in a stolen car heads toward a busy motorway.

Drink-driving, drug use and adverse weather all contribute to cases for the Traffic Cops.

A young man who has stolen his grandfather's car leads the police into a bizarre and dangerous pursuit that ends in a trip to hospital for the suspect. Two suspected fuel thieves are tracked by police cameras and arrested when officers uncover all the tools of the trade in the back of their van, as well as messages on their phones that appear to be from prospective customers.

In Harrogate, a reckless motorcyclist with a long history of violenc puts lives in danger as he desperately tries to outrun the cops, while a trap is set on the A1 by police targetting more county line drug dealers. A night-time sting leads to the arrest of another drugs suspect after a roadside test finds cocaine in his system and a large bag of suspicious white powder inside a shopping bag.

There's a hijack on an HGV carrying 1million-worth of goods.

Officers deal with back-to-back accidents, involving a motorcyclist left with life-changing injuries after being hit by a truck while parked in a lay-by, and a lorry driver trapped in his cab with brain injuries. A pensioner struck by a lorry on an industrial estate is left with serious injuries and taken to hospital, while police try to discover what happened and who was at fault.

It's a busy Bank holiday weekend for North Yorkshire's Traffic Cops. A day trip to Scarborough turns into a high speed pursuit, and for two young women caught up in the chase, it's an unexpected nightmare. A desperate suspect on a potentially stolen motorbike puts lives at risk when a passenger falls off as cops close in for a stop. On the outskirts of York, innocent holiday makers heading to the coast for a day out at the seaside are caught up in drink drive madness, when a suspected drunk driver crashes at speed into multiple vehicles And, a young driver appears to be in denial when he blows almost twice the drink drive limit at the roadside and asks officers to call his mum to prove he doesn't drink alcohol. Jamie Theakston presents as North Yorkshire's Traffic Cops pursue law breakers in the north-east of England.

Near York, a car thief rams officers off the road at high-speed and causes thousands of pounds worth of damage before he is eventually stopped and arrested. After a gang travels into North Yorkshire for some high-end shoplifting, police track down a car in Leeds and move in for an arrest.

In North Yorkshire, police are out in force on a bank holiday weekend, and a high-speed pursuit ensues after a driver fails to stop and drives at a police officer, a high-speed pursuit ensues. In the Dales, there's a special operation under way to crack down on motorists flouting the law, including motorcyclists riding without tax or insurance, and speeding. A biker takes a tumble down a steep embankment after losing control on a bend, somehow miraculously escaping serious injury.

On the edge of the Peak District, near Chesterfield, the Traffic Cops are called to a report of a suspected drink drive accident. When officers detain a driver, he denies any wrongdoing and goes on the attack, making threats to harm the officers, and he refuses to take breath test. In Glossop, on the Derbyshire border with Greater Manchester, a hunt for an alleged stolen car linked to firearms and drugs takes a bizarre twist. At night time, on the edge of the Peak District, officers are forced into a dangerous cross country pursuit with young suspected drugged driver. From the Peak District to the M1, hundreds of thousands of vehicles travel through Derbyshire every day, and the county is often used by criminals and suspects on the move as a cross-country corridor. Near the M1, a counter terrorism operation brings traffic to a standstill. Also, in this episode, intelligence about a persistent disqualified driver already on a suspended prison sentence leads the Traffic Cops to an arrest and leaves a father of two facing jail time.

In North Yorkshire, police are out in force on a bank holiday weekend, and a high-speed pursuit ensues after a driver fails to stop and drives at a police officer. In the Dales, there's a special operation under way to crack down on motorists flouting the law, including motorcyclists riding without tax or insurance, and speeding. A biker takes a tumble down a steep embankment after losing control on a bend, somehow miraculously escaping serious injury.

Near Scarborough, there's a force-wide hunt for a group of dangerous and violent thieves on the run. As officers give chase to two stolen vehicles, their lives are put at risk as their cars are rammed and damaged by the thieves desperate to get away. In York, as the pubs and clubs kick out, a routine stop of riders on electric scooters suspected of drink driving leads to confrontation and difficult arrests.

South of York, an aggressive motorcyclist squares up to a lone officer next to a busy road and tries to shift the blame on to the police for poor driving when one of his group is stopped for riding without tax and a tiny registration plate. A 70-year-old motorcyclist crashes down a steep 15ft embankment, but is spared serious injury as a clever gadget on his back comes to his rescue.

Officers begin an investigation after a driver loses control of his car and hits a motorway central reservation before spinning out of control and crossing two live lanes of the A1. The driver claims a mechanical fault caused the crash, but officers think differently when he is quizzed about his phone being used at the time of the accident. In York, a pedestrian is knocked down and left with serious head injuries, and police officers have to find out what happened and who is at fault.

In North Yorkshire, more than a thousand drink-drivers are arrested every year meaning police are always looking out for suspicious cars and drivers taking their chances. Near Wetherby, a pursuit of a suspected drug driver reaches speeds of 130 mph before it ends with a head-on smash with a police car, while police receive reports that a driver has crashed his car down an embankment into a holiday home near Scarborough and fled the scene. Suspicions run high when a driver collides with a motorbike and then downs pints of beer in his local pub straight after the accident.

In Derbyshire, a police camera alert for a stolen car leads to the high-speed pursuit of a teenage joyrider along country roads near one of the county's tourist traps. On the edge of the Peak District near Chesterfield, a tradesman is threatened with a knife and hammer during the theft of his gardening tools - but the violent attack is captured on CCTV.

On the M1, Stuart Smith is forced into a 100-mile chase across several counties at up to 165mph in pursuit of an uninsured teenage joyrider in a suspected stolen car. During another pursuit, a suspected thief carries out a death-defying manoeuvre the wrong way up a motorway, abandons the car on the hard shoulder and goes on the run on foot.

During a busy spring bank holiday, the traffic cops deal with the effects of drink and drugs. A dangerous drunk, unlicensed and uninsured driver leads officers on a 20-minute chase through busy areas, while a suspected drugged driver runs across a supermarket car park to avoid arrest. The victims of a hit-and-run incident report a man who denies he was at the wheel.

Officers are on the look-out for a car linked to the theft of two motorbikes, but when they spot the vehicle parked up and it immediately races off forcing them into a chase. With stingers at the ready, it's not long before the getaway car's tyres are shredded and the suspects abandon the car and go on the run.

A police camera alert is issued for a wanted criminal and after a 130mph pursuit along the M1, officers from two forces manage to stop a 20-year-old driver and his passengers, one of whom is just 17, Just outside Matlock, officers are called to an incident involving three motorcyclists who have been hit head-on by a car being driven by a young driver, who is arrested on suspicion of dangerous and drugged driving.

The pursuit of a reckless getaway driver in a stolen car ends with a full-scale air-to-ground search for a suspect, and a battle to save his life. In Ripley, a report of a crashed car leads to the arrest of a very drunk man who, despite being found with the key in his pocket, denies any wrongdoing.

Traffic Cops respond to the report of a car linked to an alleged drunken assault with a baseball bat; officers are called to a report of double stabbing at a local pub.

The road crime team leads a county lines drugs crackdown in Chesterfield, capturing three suspects believed to be ferrying crack cocaine and heroin into Derbyshire on a regular basis. After a spate of car thefts, officers are forced to pursue a gang of teenage joyriders in a stolen car, with one of them just 15 years old.

Derbyshire officers pursue a suspected drug driver along one of the county's busy motorways during rush hour. When arrested the driver says he didn't know it was the police following him, and on the way to custody his behaviour becomes erratic. In the Peak District, police respond to an incident involving a middle-aged drunk woman who has crashed her car into a farmer's wall and then tried to drive away on three wheels.

Derbyshire officers pursue a suspected drug driver along one of the county's busy motorways during rush hour. When arrested the driver says he didn't know it was the police following him, and on the way to custody his behaviour becomes erratic. In the Peak District, police respond to an incident involving a middle-aged drunk woman who has crashed her car into a farmer's wall and then tried to drive away on three wheels.

On the outskirts of Derby city centre, officers investigate a suspected hit and run. As an unidentified man lies badly injured at the roadside, a force-wide manhunt swings into action. Elsewhere, a routine stop on a suspected speeder uncovers a big surprise and a vulnerable man trapped in a web of organised crime.

The return of the programme offering an insight into the work of officers patrolling the roads of Derbyshire. PC Chris Ryan follows a car that triggered an alert on the police's ANPR system as it was linked to a spate of catalytic converter thefts, while Sgt Steve Hughes is working with HMRC to track down and stop a vehicle that is suspected of carrying illicit cash.

PC Karl Jackson is called to an accident in which two people have died, and his priority is to cordon off the area, collect early witness statements and begin the sad task of trying to identify the victims so their relatives can be informed. PC Paul Barker attends an incident in which a car has spun and crashed and finds an empty can of beer on the floor of the car involved.

Dave McAllister is one of a team of officers on the M1 pursuing a stolen HGV, but only after its tyres are punctured with a stinger does the lorry come to a halt. A call comes into Derbyshire police HQ about a stolen motorhome. and Its owner has a live tracker on the vehicle and is giving constant updates to the control room of its position.

A member of the public reports a car veering erratically across the M1 and Karl Jackson and Matt Cooling are sent to investigate. They catch the vehicle up and box it in at traffic lights on a slip road, where the driver, smelling of alcohol, is dragged out and refuses a breathalyser test. Jason Potts is called to a rush-hour crash on the A50, while Alex Boniface takes the lead in the pursuit of a stolen Audi.

On patrol in Derbyshire, the traffic cops tackle a variety of criminals, ranging from drunk or drugged drivers to violent county lines drug dealers and organised crime gangs.

PC Craig Dawes attends a fatal collision involving a motorcycle and car, where he and Sgt Matt Edwards secure the site for crash investigators, who try to piece together what happened. Sgt Scott Riley spots and follows a biker he thinks looks suspicious, with a computer check indicating the bike is not licensed or insured.

As part of Project Edward - a week-long nationwide crackdown on illegal drivers - Derbyshire's traffic cops set up check-sites across the county. PC Andy Swift and PC Stu Smith pull over a car at one stop and the driver eventually pulls out a knife, forcing the officers to draw their Tasers and restrain the man. PC Jason Potts and Sgt Scott Riley go to investigate when a van crashes at night near a check-site, finding the vehicle on its roof in the bushes, but with no sign of the driver.

Around 11,000 automatic number plate recognition cameras continually monitor vehicles on Britain's roads. With ANPR readers installed in their patrol cars, it is a valuable tool for Derbyshire's traffic cops, helping them track down dangerous offenders and illegal cars, vans and lorries. Karl Jackson is alerted to a possible disqualified driver when a passing car triggers his ANPR system, but the vehicle fails to stop and a pursuit begins.

PC Andy Swift is on the lookout for a car that's been taken from a dealership.

A car is spotted by police cameras being driven with no insurance.

A look at incidents involving alcohol or drug abuse, with Matt Copestake is called to investigate reports of a woman suspected of drink-driving at 10am. Andy Swift is on the trail of a driver who has allegedly failed to stop after a collision and when he pulls the car over, the officer suspects the driver has been smoking cannabis.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice.

Derbyshire's Road Crime Unit is tasked with targeting dealers who bring drugs into the county.

Derbyshire's Road Crime Unit uses intelligence and surveillance tactics to crack down on suspected drug dealers. The team receives some intelligence about a man suspected of ferrying drugs into the county using a relative's car. After boxing the car to a stop, a struggle breaks out between the driver and road crime cop Nick Lovatt, and the suspect is forcibly cuffed and detained.

Karl is called to an accident involving a driver in his seventies who has reversed into a house and ruptured a gas main. With the elderly man trapped in his car, it's a full-scale emergency for Karl and his colleagues to free the driver and prevent an explosion. On the outskirts of Derby, traffic cop Jason is called to a mystery crash involving a middle-aged woman who has rolled her car on a quiet suburban street. Unsure why or how the accident has occurred, Jason is left gobsmacked when the truth is revealed.

The pubs finally reopen after nearly four months of lockdown and as a result the police prepare for a spike in drink-drive incidents on Derbyshire's roads. Paul investigates a report of a crash involving a car that has gone straight over a roundabout and then been abandoned, while Scott is called to a report of an alleged hit-and-run - which transpires to be the result of a fight between a pub-goers that spiralled out of control and into the path of oncoming motorists.

After receiving reports that a lorry driver has almost struck a road worker on the M1, officers race to intercept a seven-and-a-half-ton truck, with Sgt Scott Riley deploying a stinger to bring the vehicle to a standstill. PC Chris Ryan receives a police camera alert that the driver in the car in front of him may under the influence of drugs, while Sgt Steve Hughes and his team investigate a crash in which a car hit a wall.

Officers stop a driver in relation to an alleged drunken assault and the breathalyser indicates he is more than three times over the limit and two knives are found in his car. Scott is patrolling Peak District villages and responds to a call in from a member of the public about two men acting suspiciously, soon coming across a white van towing an expensive trailer.

PC Dave Naylor responds to a call after a man with a history of violence is suspected of having stolen a car, which ispursued at 95mph along the M1, while police receive information about a man suspected of trying to sell a car for £1,000 and then driving off with both the vehicle and the cash.

PC Chris Ryan is patrolling alone at night when he spots a suspected cloned SUV and gives chase, with the driver of the vehicle ramming the police car five times and eventually turning off its lights to escape over a field. PC Nick Lovatt is part of a team of officers tracking a suspected drug-runner after a car is caught on a police camera, with a high-speed chase through residential streets ensuing.

Lee Ridley is one of four police vehicles pursuing a car suspected of being cloned, while police work with fire and medical crews after a crash on the M1 leads to a lorry ploughing off the road and into an embankment. Rich Morris responds to his fifth crash in four hours but as he places bollards on the road, he is almost knocked over by a car that skids by out of control mere inches away.

PC Andy Swift is patrolling on the M1 when a car he has flagged down takes off, prompting a chase at speeds up to 120mph, while PC Jason Potts is called to a pub where a distressed woman is convinced her boyfriend has fallen into the freezing waters of a canal.

Matt Cooling and Josh Field are on the lookout for organised gangs attempting to steal HGVs and the goods they carry. After they spot a suspect lorry, it's a dangerous and risky business trying to bring it to a stop safely, requiring tactics and teamwork. PC Andy Swift is called to a report of the theft of a van and catches a suspect red-handed in a vehicle parked outside the owner's house.

Acting on intelligence, the eight members of Derbyshire's Road Crime Team set out to intercept a car suspected of being used in drug deals, and detain three men, including the main target they were looking for. Ant Horsley gives chase when a suspicious car fails to stop late at night, with the vehicle eventually crashing after taking a corner too fast.

Matt Copestake is called to investigate a woman suspected of drink-driving at 10am, and discovers she was arrested two weeks previously for the same offence. Andy Swift is on the trail of a driver who has allegedly failed to stop after a collision, while PC Alex Boniface is almost hit by a car while he is clearing away debris after woman drove a car into a pub's wall.

A van spotted acting suspiciously near Ripley fails to stop for Derbyshire's specialist officers and the driver collides with other motorists and takes to the M1 in a bid to escape. In Chesterfield, Craig Dawes plays a game of cat and mouse when he spots a disqualified driver on the road.

In Derby city centre, officers are called in to back up colleagues battling a crowd of bank holiday revellers who have become volatile after closing time, while a wanted driver shunts into the back of Nick Lovatt's vehicle as police execute a successful tactical stop.

In South Derbyshire, after spate of alleged violent robberies, Alex and Jason support a team of local officers as they chase down a gang of teenage suspects on foot through a housing estate. Meanwhile, rookie Chris joins local officers in the hunt for a gang of thieves suspected of a large number of burglaries and thefts in Chesterfield.

Police from Derbyshire are on a campaign to round up wanted criminals on the run, and officer Matt Copestake joins a high-speed pursuit of a man wanted across two counties. North of Chesterfield, Andy Swift receives intel on the whereabouts of car linked to a wanted suspect, and units from across the county close in on the suspect car and its occupants.

A fast and dangerous driver reaches speeds of over 150 mph.

Derbyshire's finest pursue law breakers.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice.

In Derby, Nick needs urgent back-up as a reckless driver tries to avoid capture by ramming his police car, while Alex races to back up colleague John in dealing with an erratic driver who turns out to be carrying a knife.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice. The officers' hunt for a stolen car ends in a dramatic foot chase, while two reckless car thieves lead them on one of the longest pursuits in the history of the force.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice. Presented by Jamie Theakston. After an hour-long chase the team use a stinger to stop a motorbike. In Harrogate, a hostile crowd gathers when a suspect runs into a housing estate.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice. Presented by Jamie Theakston. After an hour-long chase the team use a stinger to stop a motorbike. In Harrogate, a hostile crowd gathers when a suspect runs into a housing estate.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice, presented by Jamie Theakston. Anticipating where a stolen vehicle's heading to, the team manage to bring the chase to an end with a bang. An intoxicated driver admits he has been drinking and taking drugs.

Nick Rice is injured when a reckless driver tries to avoid capture by ramming his police car. Alex races to back up colleague John who has stopped a driver who turns out to be carrying a knife. Later, Alex takes to foot to catch a passenger carrying some contraband.

Jamie Theakston returns with the programme offering insight into the life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, this time following officers from Derbyshire, with this edition focusing on lawbreakers under the age of 25. Near Ripley, an uninsured van fails to stop, forcing officers into a dangerous off-road pursuit, while Nick and Ant lead their team on a mission to catch a suspected drug dealer.

Derbyshire officers target violent gangs ram-raiding cash machines, with criminals using hydraulic power cutters and saws to cut the ATMs out, gas pumped into the cash slots to blow them up, or heavy construction vehicles to smash them out of the walls. Meanwhile, Sgt Adrian is called to a report of an attempted burglary and Vicky is alerted to a suspected stolen car with fake plates on the M1.

Sgt Matt heads a team in pursuit of a teenage driver transporting stolen goods in a 7.5-ton truck, with the desperate youth ramming three police cars, almost running over an officer, and driving the wrong way up a dual carriageway before abandoning the vehicle and running off.

Craig follows a disqualified driver home and then has to give chase on foot when the suspect does a runner, while officers use a high-risk tactic while pursuing a van. A routine stop-check by Nick and Ant sees one of the passengers warning the officers that the driver has firearms at home, and Karl deals with a driver who claims he had just bought a bottle of beer and took a swig before being pulled over, forcing him to wait 20 minutes before he can give the man a breathalyser test.

An edition focusing on high-speed pursuits, revealing the judgement calls officers must make while weighing the dangers against the chances of capturing their suspects. On the M1, Karl hits speeds of 155mph to intercept a getaway car used by a gang of suspected thieves, but as he waits for other units to arrive his cover is blown and the target vehicle makes a run for it.

Matt Edwards is on the hunt for a gang of suspected teenage car thieves in Derby, thought to have been breaking into houses to steal car keys before driving off with the occupants' vehicles.

A million pounds worth of vehicles are stolen every month.

Jim calls for back up to help him deal with a hostile mob.

Officers in Derbyshire team up with neighbouring forces and take the fight to the cross-border criminals under a special initiative dubbed Operation Fuego. John and South Yorkshire officers soon give chase to a getaway driver in a stolen vehicle, which is now on a 120mph rampage on the M18. The stolen vehicle speeds along the hard shoulder on a collision course with a broken-down car. Police try to surround it, but the driver slips through and takes flight on foot. All is not lost however, as a police helicopter keeps tabs on the suspect.

Dan and Nick tail three suspected drug dealers into a car park, but just as they identify themselves as police officers, the trio speed off. Ant and Mark's dogged pursuit of a stolen moped takes them off their patch into the estates of Sheffield, where they play a game of cat and mouse around the backroads and alleyways.

Derbyshire cops crack down on gang and drug-related violence.

Jason's copper's instinct helps him spot a motorcyclist.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice.

The road team tail a wanted driver in their unmarked cars.

The cops in Ripley join the operation to target the drug networks. Ant and Andy arrest two young men for dealing in a local pub, and the suspects are taken into police custody to be strip-searched. On the outskirts of Derby, a high-speed pursuit of a suspected drug runner takes a dangerous turn off-road for Ant and Nick. And when suspected drug runners pull up outside an address, the officers, believing they are about to make a delivery, are quick to detain a young male and female.

Dave and Alex respond to a report of a motorbike theft near Ilkeston and the officers hunt down a pack of suspects in an hour-long chase, which concludes with Derbyshire's first-ever use of a stinger to stop a motorbike. South-west of Derby, Karl is called to a serious accident involving a motorcyclist, with witnesses reporting seeing the biker overtaking moments before colliding with the back of a trailer.

A pursuit on the M1 near Chesterfield ends in dramatic fashion when a suspected getaway driver takes a late exit off the motorway, careering into a fuel tanker. This full-scale emergency forces Derbyshire's officers to close down a busy junction of the motorway during the morning rush hour. A rollercoaster day out at Alton Towers ends with a near-death experience for members of a group of day trippers when their car breaks down on the A50 and a lorry driver's momentary lapse in concentration sees him smash head-on into the stationary vehicle.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice.

Dave and Alex respond to a report of a motorbike theft near Ilkeston and the officers hunt down a pack of suspects in an hour-long chase, which concludes with Derbyshire's first-ever use of a stinger to stop a motorbike. South-west of Derby, Karl is called to a serious accident involving a motorcyclist, with witnesses reporting seeing the biker overtaking moments before colliding with the back of a trailer.

Officers attend the site of a horrific head-on collision involving a transit van and an HGV where the emergency services attempt to rescue the van driver from wreckage.

The officers intercept a drug dealer.

A car thief also thinks he can steal petrol too.

A violent new crime wave known as County Lines is taking hold in Britain. Across the country, urban drug gangs are expanding their empires by moving into small towns and rural areas.

A fifth of the offences which North Yorkshire Police deal with, like theft and drug-dealing, are committed by crooks from outside the area.

In York, early-morning raids are carried out on two properties seeking suspects who are believed to be exploiting teenage girls. And at Wetherby services on the A1M, seven stowaways are found in a lorry that has recently arrived from the continent.

A tyre stinger is used to stop a vehicle suspected of carrying stolen mobile phones. Automatic Number Plate Recognition is used to track and intercept a vehicle suspected of being used by burglars targeting the homes of older folk.

A van driver is twice the legal limit and has three bags of white powder in his pocket. A public-spirited motorist clues the police into a drunk-driving woman.

The firearms team are called in as an elderly couple may be involved in attempted murder. A mysterious traffic incident sees a car upside down and on fire, the driver missing and a baby seat in the back. A drunken disturbance in a pub leads to a tense manhunt throguh dark countryside.

An intelligence operation identifies a car thought to be involved in drug trafficking, but becomes a case of suspected fraud when more than ú1,000 is found in the vehicle.

Cops chase a 15-year-old in a stolen Audi at 140mph down the M62, and discover a boot full of stolen goods at the scene of a serious traffic accident.

The Traffic Cops are called to an accident involving a motorbike, and on the road to Harrogate a group of bikers get into an altercation with a motorist.

In Harrogate, police on patrol face an escalating situation until they are the ones under threat. North Yorkshire cops are appalled at the extent a driver will go to escape being pulled over. A tense operation reveals a house filled with cannabis and other suspicious discoveries.

An 80mph pursuit stretches 15 miles across North Yorkshire. Wet roads make a 90mph chase near Scarborough even more dangerous. A pursuit is aborted when the driver pulls over to relieve himself, and the cops find an open crate of lager in his car.

Julian is called to the site of a fatal car crash.

An elderly lady has collapsed in her bathroom, jamming the door shut. An elderly man driving without his glasses is responsible for a hit and run. And, a people carrier has collided with a mobility scooter.

Police are called to a serious multiple-vehicle collision on the A64 that brings the northbound carriageway to a standstill, with the driver in the worst-affected car being airlifted to hospital with severe injuries. Near Scarborough, a VW Golf with no MOT fails to stop and clocks up speeds in excess of 100mph before colliding with a police car.

Officers close in on a suspected stolen car near Tadcaster, but they have to deploy two stingers as the driver tries to escape by hitting speeds in excess of 100mph. On the outskirts of Harrogate, a car with suspected links to supplying drugs is pulled over, with a search yielding narcotics with an estimated street value of over £12,000. Last in the series.

Sgt Mick Roffe leads a raid on a club to catch some drug dealers, traffic cops pursue a car in Harrogate they believe is being used by suppliers of class As, and a suspect tries to ditch some evidence on the A1.

A silver Astra leads Dan on a 100mph chase down the A1M.

In an episode focusing on shoplifters, Julian pursues the users of a getaway car that crashed, James arrests the same man twice, and Lauren pulls over an organised gang of thieves only for one of them to collapse of a heroin overdose.

Police armed with tasers take part in an operation to arrest a man accused of assaulting a pregnant woman, a car hits 80mph in a 30 zone before crashing, and Tim rushes to support colleagues deal with a man who has a history of violence.

Being a Traffic Cop isn't just about booking motorists - this episode sees North Yorkshire's finest raiding two men suspected of exploiting and intimidating young teenage girls, and uncovering people-trafficking and modern day slavery on the A1M.

The criminal underworld comes to life at nighttime, as a high-speed pursuit in Bradford shows. Can the cops stop a riot from breaking out? And, an apparently routine stop ends up requiring specialist firearms support.

In Bradford there's a high-octane chase through a housing estate, a cocky petrol thief tries every trick in the book to wriggle free and Yorkshire's back roads have their peace disturbed by two cars carrying gun-toting drug dealers.

The criminal underworld comes to life at nighttime, as a high-speed pursuit in Bradford shows. Can the cops stop a riot from breaking out? And, an apparently routine stop ends up requiring specialist firearms support.

Yorkshire's traffic cops are in hot pursuit of some criminals dragging a generator with just one wheel across the county, and a van full of contraband in Bradford.

A speeding murder suspect is pursued through downtown Bradford, and a speeding car thief picks a fight with a tree.

Young partygoers get lairy and the cops are assaulted in downtown Keighley, another young speeder writes his car off in a spectacular fireball, and cops pursue a car obeying all the rules of the road except the one requiring it to stop for the police. In the car is a familiar face...

Cops from North and West Yorkshire are cracking down on uninsured drivers whose recklessness is a cost to all of us

The cops are on the heels of drug dealers, drug users and drugged-up drivers, including one dealer who tries to flush away the evidence.

The cops seek to protect a collection of the most vulnerable members of society including a suicidal young man with mental health problems, an Eritrean woman dumped out of a lorry by people traffickers, and a local lass who's had a barney with her two-timing boyfriend.

Their hunt for a stolen car ends in a dramatic foot chase. Two reckless high performance car thieves lead them on the longest pursuit in the history of the force.

The cops have their hands full with night time drink driving incidents. Four police cars are needed to stop a car with a motorbike hanging out of the boot.

Illegal drivers are a menace on UK roads. The traffic cops hunt down disqualified, unlicenced and uninsured drivers.

Observational documentary series. The cops are called to a fatal accident near a theme park, where they suspect the driver responsible for the crash has been using drugs.

Illegal drivers are a menace on UK roads. The traffic cops hunt down disqualified, unlicenced and uninsured drivers.

The police have their hands full with the machinations of forgers, fakers and takers. Forgers are turning out Scottish banknotes. A man is using multiple fake plates, and the traffic cops go after criminals in a high-speed pursuit.

After a pensioner gets knocked down, the traffic cops lead an urgent city wide search for a suspected hit and run driver.

A gang uses 4x4s on nightly thefts from industrial estates.

North Yorkshire is considered a soft touch by criminals using the country's back roads to come in and out under cover of darkness. The traffic cops hunt down burglars, drug dealers, petrol bikers and thieves.

York's traffic cops deal with a distressing incident in which a pregnant woman has been knocked off her bike.

A Ford Fiesta stolen by teenagers leads the cops on a chase through Bradford. A gang of burglars who have been targeting pensioners are spotted in Halifax. The road crime team are tracking a team of burglars who operate in a convoy of cars.

At Christmas the traffic cops have their hands full as party-going drunks end up getting behind the wheel. The stresses of surviving Yuletide lead to late night argy-bargy and screaming matches.

Action-packed documentary series following Yorkshire-based law enforcers. The cops contend with all manner of hazards as they crack down on drugged drivers, and a convicted drug dealer leads North Yorkshire's Roads Policing Group on a 140-mile-an-hour chase down one of the UK's busiest motorways.

Action-packed documentary series. The traffic cops of West Yorkshire take action against a teenage driver after he leads them on a high-speed chase across Leeds' Roundhay Park. And when they're not chasing down teenage tearaways the traffic cops face a battle to keep up with uninsured drivers.

Action-packed documentary series following Yorkshire-based law enforcers. One uninsured driver leads the cops on a 35-minute tarmac odyssey, and another flees the scene of a rush hour smash, earning a full-scale investigation for his trouble.

Action-packed documentary series following Yorkshire-based law enforcers. The traffic cops are on the tail of criminals who more and more frequently use cloned number plates to stay off the cops' radar.

Action-packed documentary series following Yorkshire-based law enforcers. Traffic Cops in Bradford pursue a team of suspected car thieves at speeds of 80mph, and officers from North Yorkshire's Road Crime Team track down a stolen Land Rover Defender.

Action-packed documentary series following Yorkshire-based law enforcers. On the A1 near Leeds, an intoxicated driver heads the wrong way down a dual carriageway. A miscreant's wellbeing becomes the officers' core concern in Halifax, after they discover a trail of blood leaving a drink-related crash scene.