An investigation has been launched into a series of accidents involving Police cars that have left four civilians injured.

The Police Complaints Authority (PCA) has written to the Bermuda Police Service asking for answers to the circumstances surrounding the crashes.

PCA chairwoman, Michelle St Jane, told The Royal Gazette: "The Police Complaints Authority is concerned to read about the number of Police collisions, especially the more recent between August 2008 and 2009 which have a similarity to two open cases that are before us.

"We have written to the Bermuda Police Service (BPS) asking for the rules for unmarked cars speeding and what response has been undertaken with regards to the recent incidences. The Police Complaints Authority will consider this matter at its full committee meeting on September 29 and will review the investigation reports and BPS response to our concerns regarding the number of Police collisions at that time."

On Friday August 28, an unmarked Police car collided with two civilian cars in Somerset while responding to a call, leaving one motorist with a broken leg. The collision was the third serious one involving a Police car in the space of a month, and at least the fifth in the past year.

It occurred within 200 yards of another serious accident involving a Police car on Saturday, August 1.

On that occasion, an unmarked Police car was travelling west on Somerset Road when it collided with a motorcycle travelling in the opposite direction, near the junction with Gilbert Lane.

The motorcyclist was taken to hospital with injuries to his torso, left arm and left leg.

Just four days before that, a marked Police car suffered extensive damage when it collided with a bus at the junction of Cedar Avenue and Dundonald Street in Hamilton.

Witnesses claimed the Police vehicle had its lights flashing and ran a red light when the two collided. The collision occurred at the same junction where 21-year-old motorcyclist Michael Scott Kozma died in a collision with a Police Toyota Landcruiser in 2005, although no one was injured on this occasion.

The Royal Gazette has repeatedly asked the Police for information on collision statistics and causes, and what is being done to investigate and address the issue. No replies have been forthcoming, but Deputy Commissioner Michael DeSilva said last week that a press conference would be held on the topic soon.