The county’s air ambulance has revealed almost a half of its call outs since January have been to road traffic crashes, while just one in five were in Northamptonshire.
The Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance and Derbyshire, Leicestershire & Rutland Air Ambulance today revealed crews attended a total of 793 accidents and emergencies during the first six months of the year.
A total of 44 per cent of call outs were to serious road crashes, while one fifth of the incidents attended were medical emergencies, such as heart attacks and strokes.
Other common call outs were sports related, with horse riders, footballers, and rugby players amongst those being regularly airlifted.
Emergencies in Northamptonshire made up 19 per cent of the total call outs, while Warwickshire was 19 per cent, Derbyshire was 20 per cent, Leicestershire was 20 per cent and Rutland saw just two per cent of the total incidents.
Phil Bridle, one of the airbase managers for the service, said: “It’s been a busy year as usual for our service, with us attending a wide variety of jobs across the three counties and beyond; from fallen walkers in the Peak District to multi-vehicle accidents on motorways and dual carriageways.
“We’d like to say a thank you to all of the people who have supported us so far this year - if it wasn’t for them we would not have been there at all of these incidents.”
The service is encouraging members of the public to donate so that they can continue their lifesaving work for the rest of the year.
Mr Bridle added: “We receive no Government and National Lottery funding so we rely entirely on public donations to fund our lifesaving work - we couldn’t save the many lives we do without them.”
Each rescue mission costs the charity an average of £1,400 and they attend approximately three every single day - a figure which can increase over the busy summer months.
To donate to the lifesaving service, call 08454 130 999, or text ‘TAAS99 £3’ to 70070.