Traffic Cops - Season 13

Derbyshire officers deal with young and dangerous motorists, pursuing a 23-year-old wanted driver who is racing through busy streets at more than 90 miles an hour. While the officers follow at a safe distance, the suspect hurtles into traffic, causing a devastating four-car pile-up. Near Chesterfield, police race to a horrific crash, in which an 18-year-old's car has smashed head-on into a tree.

Officers are on the lookout for a suspected cloned car, a vehicle disguised as another by copying its number plate, as they believe it is being used to commit crime. When it's spotted, four suspects make a run for it, and one is recognised as someone who rammed a police car weeks before. On the M1, officers tail a car linked to a known repeat offender and as several units pull over the car, the driver suddenly jumps into the back seat. Searching the vehicle, the cops make a worrying discovery.

An insight into the working life of officers patrolling the nation's roads, using modern technology and old-fashioned methods to bring criminals to justice.

In the north of Derbyshire, a suspected cloned car races through the countryside, weaving through traffic, dodging Stinger traps and mounting the pavement. Elsewhere, a driver does doughnuts right in front of an oncoming officer, leading him on a chase through a country park. Also, another suspected stolen vehicle makes off from one of the team, dragging them into yet another pursuit.

As police pursue a car suspected of carrying drugs across county lines, it smashes into a parked car. Inside, they find two young men, but no drugs, With the car mysteriously slowing down before the crash, officers suspect the men threw the drugs out the window. A routine speed check leads to an arrest, when officers pull over a man suspected of going over the speed limit and smell cannabis.

On the M1, police receive reports of a lorry drifting across busy lanes. As officers get on its tail, the 40-ton vehicle swerves out of control, almost smashing into a queue of traffic on a slip road. A HGV mysteriously loses control on a dual carriageway and veers off the road, crashing head-first into a ditch. On the M1, a lorry pile-up brings officers racing to the scene.

In the Derbyshire Peaks, police pursue a dangerous driver who takes off at speed when they catch up with him, hitting 80 miles an hour and clashing with other cars along the way. In the centre of Derby, police spot two cars racing and after a high-speed chase through the town centre, they're forced to use two stingers to bring the young drivers to a stop.

Officers find an injured biker who says he's been knocked off his bike by a drink driver. When the police track the suspect to an address nearby, the man becomes aggressive, making threats. Officers spot a car with no lights on performing a dangerous overtake on a taxi, and when they breathalyse the young woman driving, the cause of her carelessness becomes clear.

An unlicensed driver flees from police, sparking a frantic pursuit involving firearms officers and a police helicopter. As officers track down a man suspected of driving without a licence or insurance, they find a surprise lurking in his boot - empty barrels and the stench of diesel. Also, police respond to a crash involving a young biker.

In the wake of a surge of criminals using fake car numberplates to commit crimes, Derbyshire officers are under pressure to locate these cloned cars and catch criminals trying to fly under the radar. Police respond to reports of a suspected cloned car near Derby and after detaining the driver at a local petrol station, the driver confesses to stealing fuel, and officers discover that he is drunk. Now they must get him off the road and into custody before he causes more havoc

A high-speed pursuit ends with a shocking crash and an officer facing an internal investigation. With the driver of the runaway car admitting to being high on ketamine during the pursuit, police need to determine if the consequences of letting him get away could have been far worse. Officers search for a van driver suspected of being drunk at the wheel and when they catch up with him on the busy M1, his dangerous driving suggests their hunch might be right

Police pursue three motorbikes speeding through Derby, acting on intel that they could be stolen. As two of the bikes make their getaway, officers double down on the third, calling on several units and a police helicopter to help get it stopped

Police hunt for a man wanted on suspicion of stalking, but what should be a routine operation quickly spirals into a tense stand-off when emotions run high. The officers must act fast to stop the situation going from bad to worse. And a tip-off leads officers to a remote woodland, where a wanted man is believed to be hiding in a tent.

Police pursue three motorbikes speeding through Derby, acting on intel that they could be stolen. Near Chesterfield, officers tail a stolen van filled with thousands of pounds of construction equipment. And in the Peak District, police track two women linked to a shoplifting spree.

Police hunt for a drunk driver who has been terrorising local roads, and in Chesterfield, law enforcers deal with a man found next to a crashed car that is missing a wheel. In the early hours, an alert comes in to control from a mobile phone's crash detection system. Police and paramedics race to a quiet country lane, and find the driver unconscious next to his smashed car, the interior stinking of alcohol.

Police hunt for a drunk driver who has been terrorising local roads, and in Chesterfield, law enforcers deal with a man found next to a crashed car that is missing a wheel. In the early hours, an alert comes in to control from a mobile phone's crash detection system. Police and paramedics race to a quiet country lane, and find the driver unconscious next to his smashed car, the interior stinking of alcohol.