NFRS 2024 04 - Vehicle fires

You asked for

Please could you detail the total number of fires caused by vehicles last year but separate it by month and what the car make was.

Our Response

Answer: - In 2023 there was a total of 128 accidental car fires. Of these 53 were recorded as being started by a person and 60 were recorded as ‘Unknown’.

This leaves 15 fires where it’s definitely recorded as not being the fault of a person. Out of these 15, there are 10 incidents where the make and model hasn’t been recorded.