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Following police facing the daily challenge of catching car thieves.

With Derbyshire bordered by seven counties, policing its roads for criminals on the move is hard. In this edition cops investigate a possible cloned vehicle and seek a stolen caravan.

An estimated £10 billion worth of illegal drugs are sold in the UK every year. In this episode, cops crack down on drug gangs ruling through fear and dealers cashing in on victims.

Derbyshire has over 300 life-changing and fatal collisions every year - and many involve the young and elderly. In one fatal incident, a young motorcyclist collides with a pedestrian.

Extreme weather conditions play a role in the death or serious injury of four people a day on UK’s roads. In this edition, cops deal with dangerous drivers who put lives at risk.

A look at how solo officers are more likely to suffer an injury than when working in pairs. A routine stop on a car suspected of having no MOT attracts the interest of an armed man.

Officers arrest the driver of a van who says he has no recollection of being disqualified.

Officers pull over a vehicle after reports of the driver speeding at over 170mph.

The cops tackle cases including a head-on collision which has left people trapped inside.

The work of cops pursuing thieves who steal from our homes, vehicles and businesses.

In North Yorkshire, more than 1,000 drink drivers are arrested every year.

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. Jamie Theakston presents.

On the edge of the Peak District near Chesterfield, officers are called to a report of an accident involving a suspected drink-driver, who makes threats when arrested and refuses to take a breath test. In Glossop, the hunt for an alleged stolen car linked to firearms and drugs takes a bizarre twist, while a counter-terrorism operation near the M1 brings traffic to a standstill

The cops deal with a major drugs bust in North Yorkshire, a wanted man linked to an alleged assault on a woman, and a gang of suspected poachers who are caught driving an untaxed van.

The Traffic Cops deal with back-to-back accidents, including a motorcyclist left with life-changing injuries after being hit by a truck, and a lorry driver trapped in his cab.

A look at hit and run incidents. Officers rush to the scene of a fatal collision on a Peak District country road as a manhunt is launched to find two runaway suspects.

With the theft of goods from lorries thought to cost the UK more than £250m a year, officers crack down on a surge in attacks on HGVs - and one suspect is bitten by a police dog.

Around 3000 people a year are killed or seriously injured because of drink driving. In this episode, officers launch a drink and drug driving crackdown and make about 200 arrests.

Derbyshire's police and other emergency services are called to over 1600 crashes each year. In this episode, cops deal with crashes and distracted drivers putting lives on the line.

Officers pursue a speeding car - the driver fails to stop, before heading the wrong way down a dual carriageway. And the race is on to save a driver whose car careered in to a swamp.

It's estimated that 1,000 vans are stolen in the UK every month. In this episode Derbyshire cops target criminals stealing vans, banned drivers in vans and thieves in vans on the run.

Dealing with drug users and dealers is a daily challenge for cops. A driver, suspected of being under the influence of drugs, tries to evade capture, including ramming a police car.

A look at how high-speed pursuits of 'drivers failing to stop' cause around 40 deaths a year on Britain's roads. Jamie Theakston presents.

A look at how the UK's 11,000 Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) cameras assist in identifying offenders, including police units chasing a suspected disqualified driver.

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.

Derbyshire's Road Crime Team hunt down organised crime gangs stealing cars. Following a spike in car thefts, officers are on the lookout for cross-border gangs stealing high end cars.

Cops' lives are put at risk as their cars are rammed by thieves desperate to get away, and a drunk driver tries his best to avoid blowing over the legal drink drive limit with a bizarre tactic.

Near York, a reckless young driver in a stolen car heads toward a busy motorway. With no ambulances available, the police and an off-duty nurse help a motorcyclist after he collides with a parked truck.

Drink-driving, drug use and atrocious weather all contribute to cases for the Traffic Cops, including one coke-snorting driver who gets arrested twice in quick succession.

Derbyshire's Road Crime Team set out to intercept a car they suspect is being used in drug deals and team member Nick chases a car, believed to be involved in a burglary.

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

During a busy spring bank holiday, the traffic cops deal with the effects of drink and drugs. A dangerous drunk driver leads traffic cops on a 20 minute chase through busy areas; a drunk driving dangerously weaves down a busy dual carriageway.

A drunk driver heads the wrong way down a dual carriageway.

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.

Jamie Theakston presents this new action-packed series, as Derbyshire's finest pursue law breakers in the very heart of the country.

Despite atrocious conditions, a suspect car is driven at speeds of over 100 mph, heading straight into Derby city centre. On the M1, CCTV captures a BMW skidding in the wet.

Derbyshire's finest pursue law breakers in the very heart of the country. The Traffic Cops tackle a huge variety of crimes.

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

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.

Derbyshire's roads, a magnet for bikers of all kinds, prove to be a nightmare for traffic cops; a motorcycle versus car crash ends up fatal.

In central Derbyshire, the Traffic Cops are on the hunt for a car linked to the theft of two motorbikes. After a 10 minute search, officers spot the car. Near the M1 motorway, a gang of suspected truck thieves risk it all to escape the cops.

Just outside Chesterfield, cops respond to a police camera alert for a young wanted criminal. just outside Matlock, officers are called to tragic incident involving three motorcyclists who've been hit head on by a car.

The traffic cops respond to a report of a car linked to a drunken assault with a baseball bat. On quarter-finals night, a simple case of a drunk and uninsured driver proves much more difficult to deal with.

Traffic Cops are called in to back up colleagues battling a crowd of bank holiday revellers who've become volatile after closing time.

Near Ripley, a van spotted acting suspiciously fails to stop for Derbyshire's specialist road crime cops.

A scooter drives down the wrong way down a dual carriageway into oncoming traffic and an officer is almost seriously injured after a car chase.

Cops are on the hunt for stolen cars, and a traffic cop ends up on a 100-mile chase down the M1. Officers pursue a stolen car being driven by a wanted prolific criminal, police in Yorkshire spot a stolen van.

A convicted drug dealer leads the team on a 140mph chase.

Matt joins a high-speed pursuit of a wanted man across two counties. Andy receives some intel on a car linked to a wanted suspect, which leads to the arrest of its four occupants.

Traffic cops race to intercept a seven-and-a-half tonne truck following the near-miss of a road worker and Karl responds to a suspected drink-driver heading away from the county.

PC Chris chases a suspected cloned SUV and is led along bridal and cycle paths, reaching speeds of 90mph.

The team chase a suspect lorry that refuses to stop and six police cars track an 18-tonne lorry when its driver heads the wrong way down a slip road into oncoming traffic.

Traffic officer Matt Copestake investigates reports of a drink-driving woman who is found to have a blood alcohol level that is three times over the legal limit.

On the edge of the Peak District a violent attack on a tradesman is captured on CCTV. On the M1, a gang of young men seen on CCTV breaking into the heavy good vehicles are arrested for going equipped to steal.

A 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 denies any wrongdoing.

The team receives some intelligence about a man suspected of ferrying drugs into the county using a relative's car and road crime officers target a local drugs ring.

Officers stop a driver in relation to an alleged drunken assault and police cameras have triggered a search for a known disqualified driver.

Ten police units from two forces pursuing a gang of car thieves, plus a helicopter joins another suspect hunt.

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

A teenage driver leads the cops on a high-speed chase.