22-12-2021 - Colorado, USA-RTA. Mangled bicycle liying in the road after it was hit by a car on a busy street in suburban Denver. Policer car. © Jim West

08-04-2014 - A crowd gathering around a police officer writing a ticket for a traffic offence, Shanghai, China © Timm Sonnenschein

08-04-2014 - Police officer taking notes from eyewitnesses regarding an accident as bystanders gather around him, Shanghai, China © Timm Sonnenschein

08-04-2014 - Police officer taking notes regarding an accident from eyewitnesses as bystanders gather around him, Shanghai, China © Timm Sonnenschein

25-07-2013 - Falfurrias, Texas - A baseball cap with a Texas America logo lies on the road after a van holding 26 undocumented immigrants from Central America overturned on Texas Highway 285. The driver had picked... © Jim West

25-07-2013 - Falfurrias, Texas - A deputy sheriff and a state trooper making notes after a van holding 26 undocumented immigrants from Central America overturned on Texas Highway 285. The driver had picked up the... © Jim West

25-07-2013 - Falfurrias, Texas - U.S. Border Patrol officers and a deputy sheriff question undocumented immigrants from Central America found hiding after a van holding 26 migrants crashed and overturned on Texas... © Jim West

25-07-2013 - Falfurrias, Texas - U.S. Border Patrol officers and a deputy sheriff question undocumented immigrants from Central America found hiding after a van holding 26 migrants crashed and overturned on Texas... © Jim West

25-07-2013 - Falfurrias, Texas - A deputy sheriff and a state trooper look on while a passing motorist treats an injured man after a van holding 26 undocumented immigrants from Central America overturned on Texas... © Jim West

25-07-2013 - Falfurrias, Texas - U.S. Border Patrol officers and a deputy sheriff question undocumented immigrants from Central America found hiding after a van holding 26 migrants crashed and overturned on Texas... © Jim West

29-06-2013 - Police dealing with a Coach accident, Tour de France finish, Bastia, Corsica © Paul Box

29-06-2013 - Police dealing with a Coach accident, Tour de France finish, Bastia, Corsica © Paul Box

29-06-2013 - Police dealing with a Coach accident, Tour de France finish, Bastia, Corsica © Paul Box

18-04-2012 - Police arrive at the scene of a car crash on the slip road of the M32, Bristol. © Paul Box

18-04-2012 - Police interview one of the drivers at the scene of a car crash on the slip road of the M32, Bristol. © Paul Box

06-10-2011 - West Wales Fire and rescue service carry out a mock Chemical spill, Gelliswick Bay, Pembrokeshire. Police and Firefighters liaising. © Paul Box

06-10-2011 - West Wales Fire and rescue service carry out a mock Chemical spill, Gelliswick Bay, Pembrokeshire © Paul Box

02-11-2010 - RTA during the rush hour involving a motorcycle. The clocks recently changed to GMT from british summertime © Duncan Phillips

02-11-2010 - RTA during the rush hour involving a motorcycle. The clocks recently changed to GMT from british summertime © Duncan Phillips

02-11-2010 - RTA during the rush hour involving a motorcycle. The clocks recently changed to GMT from british summertime © Duncan Phillips

18-08-2010 - Police officer and sniffer dog checking for passengers along the track at the wreckage of the train and a waste disposal tanker which collided at an unmanned level crossing. Little Cornard. Suffolk. © Justin Tallis

18-08-2010 - Policeman speaking to a local boy at the wreckage of the train and a waste disposal tanker which collided at an unmanned level crossing. Little Cornard. Suffolk. © Justin Tallis

18-08-2010 - Wreckage of a train and a waste disposal tanker collided at an unmanned level crossing. Little Cornard. Suffolk. © Justin Tallis

09-03-2009 - 50 mph speed limit and Average Speed camera warning sign. © John Harris

17-07-2008 - Crashed Police Car, Islington, London © Duncan Phillips

25-02-2008 - A wrecked car by a dual carriageway sign on the Harrow Road, West London. © Philip Wolmuth

03-12-2007 - Police motorcyclists. Funeral Service Ian Ried, St Gregory's Church, Stratford on Avon. © John Harris

03-12-2007 - Police motorcyclists. Funeral Service Ian Ried, St Gregory's Church, Stratford on Avon. © John Harris

24-11-2007 - Police officers from a Forensic Collision Investigation Unit attending the aftermath of a serious road traffic incident. Brighton, UK © Howard Davies

06-11-2007 - Chief Superintendent Ken Lawrence, of Warwickshire Police speaking at a press conference about the search for the firefighters who died in the fire at the Atherstone warehouse. Glen Ranger, deputy chi... © John Harris

06-11-2007 - Sky TV journalist asking a question of Glen Ranger, deputy chief fire officer for Warwickshire speaking at a press conference about the search for the firefighters who died in the fire at the Athersto... © John Harris

06-11-2007 - Glen Ranger, deputy chief fire officer for Warwickshire speaking at a press conference about the search for the firefighters who died in the fire at the Atherstone warehouse. Chief Superintendent Ken... © John Harris

05-11-2007 - Specialist teams with sniffer dog leave the damaged structure in the search for the missing firefighters and look for clues to what caused the fire at a suspected arson at a warehouse in Warwickshire.... © John Harris

30-08-2007 - A house fire in Bristol. The fire was started by lights growing marijuana. © Paul Box

14-07-2006 - Police and ambulance at the scene of a overturned car involved in an accident at a blackspot junction in Holloway, north London. In the past 3 years 17 collisions have occurred at this junction, one i... © Stefano Cagnoni

13-07-2006 - Police Officer takes measurements at the scene of a road fatality on Holloway Road in north London. The victim ws killed as he crossed this busy arterial route by the HGV seen in the background © Stefano Cagnoni

13-07-2006 - Police Officer takes measurements at the scene of a road fatality on Holloway Road in north London. The victim ws killed as he crossed this busy arterial route by the HGV seen in the background © Stefano Cagnoni

13-12-2005 - Policeman using face mask for protection from the plume of black smoke from the fire at Buncefield oil depot fire © Duncan Phillips

13-12-2005 - Policeman using face mask for protection from the plume of black smoke from the fire at Buncefield oil depot fire © Duncan Phillips

12-12-2005 - Buncefield oil depot fire. Police line. Plume of black smoke filling the sky as the Buncefield oil depot burns. Hemel Hempstead © David Mansell

30-06-2005 - Police officers investigate the scene of an accident which caused a wall to collapse outside a primary school, resulting in serious injury to a passing pupil © Stefano Cagnoni

27-04-2005 - The aftermath of shunt collision on the M8 near junction 5 in North Lanarkshire. Cars that have shunted nose to tail line up on the hard shoulder with police cars and a tow truck, whilst heavy traffic... © John Sturrock

27-04-2005 - The aftermath of shunt collision on the M8 near junction 5 in North Lanarkshire. Cars that have shunted nose to tail line up on the hard shoulder with police cars and a tow truck, whilst heavy traffic... © John Sturrock

25-04-2005 - Ambulance incident commander talking to a Police Officer, gas leak incident, Bristol © Paul Box

12-04-2005 - Literature and cards left by a 'no win no fee' solicitors firm at the reception to Newcastle General Hospital. 12/4 2005. © Mark Pinder

12-04-2005 - Literature and cards left by a 'no win no fee' solicitors firm at the reception to Newcastle General Hospital. 12/4 2005. The cards are on a 'Patientline' vending machine selling telephone and televis... © Mark Pinder

12-04-2005 - Literature and cards left by a 'no win no fee' solicitors firm at the reception to Newcastle General Hospital. 12/4 2005. © Mark Pinder

12-04-2005 - Literature and cards left by a 'no win no fee' solicitors firm at the reception to Newcastle General Hospital. 12/4 2005. © Mark Pinder

12-04-2005 - Literature and cards left by a 'no win no fee' solicitors firm at the reception to Newcastle General Hospital. 12/4 2005. © Mark Pinder

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - Police officer attends a bust water main in Bristol, the road has been closed. © Paul Box

10-06-2004 - A police officer closes a road, as it flooded by a bust water main in Bristol © Paul Box

06-02-2004 - The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

06-02-2004 - The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

06-02-2004 - The search and rescue operation ( 6th February 2004) in Morecambe Bay, Lancashire, after cockle fishers were stranded on sandbanks by the incoming rising tide. The Chinese gangmaster, Lin Liang Ren wa... © Christopher Thomond

10-05-2002 - Specially trained police officers, dressed in protective clothing, remove the body of a victim of the train crash at Potters Bar © Stefano Cagnoni

10-05-2002 - Specially trained police officers, dressed in protective clothing, remove the body of a victim of the train crash on a stretcher. Potters Bar rail crash. © Stefano Cagnoni

10-05-2002 - Specially trained police officers, dressed in protective clothing, remove the body of a victim of the train crash on a stretcher. Potters Bar rail crash. © Stefano Cagnoni

10-05-2002 - Specially trained police officers, dressed in protective clothing, remove the body of a victim of the train crash on a stretcher. Potters Bar rail crash. © Stefano Cagnoni

18-01-2002 - Crashed Vehicle, which left the North Circular Road London and hit a residential house. Pictured are a local authority Building surveyor and traffic policeman © Duncan Phillips

12-10-2000 - Emergency Services rescuing a pedestrian trapped under a lorry. London © Duncan Phillips

11-10-1999 - Metropolitan Police forensic science team and other emergency workers at the site of the Paddington rail crash © Stefano Cagnoni

06-10-1999 - Scene of Paddington Rail Crash © Duncan Phillips

06-10-1999 - Emergency services remove bodies at the scene of Paddington Rail Crash © Duncan Phillips

08-06-1999 - Traffic police and Firefighters dealing with a accident on a motorway inwhich a van and trailer overturned blocking two lanes and causing long delays and a 5 mile tailback. © John Harris

08-06-1999 - Traffic police and Firefighters dealing with a accident on a motorway inwhich a van and trailer overturned blocking two lanes and causing long delays and a 5 mile tailback. © John Harris

18-02-1985 - Emergency services rescuing a miner buried alive 1985 Striking miner buried whilst riddling for coal amongst the pit waste, digging for fuel during the year long Miners strike. Silverwood colliery, Yo... © John Harris

15-10-1966 - Aberfan disaster, a coffin is lifted into a tempory mortuary. 116 children and 28 adults were killed when a slag heap collapsed onto the pit village, South Wales © NLA