Fifteen hundred force vehicles are more than 10 years old

There is widespread regional variation with 14% of Avon and Somerset's fleet at least a decade old, while just 1% of Surrey's cars are 10 years old.

Police forces operate more than 1,500 cars which are over 10 years old according to figures provided by more than half the forces in the UK. Freedom of Information Act requests revealed that five forces have cars that are more than 20 years...