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Traffic Cops: Season 9

23 episodes Premiered Jul 15, 2020 Updated Sep 27, 2026
Previously on Traffic Cops

Season 9 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of Traffic Cops Season 8.
  • ⚡ Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
  • ⚡ Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
  • ⚡ Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
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Season 9 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 9: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (3): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (20): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S9·E1 Mytharc

Episode 1

Jul 15, 2020 · 45 min

The return of the programme offering an insight into the work of officers patrolling the roads of Derbyshire. PC Chris Ryan follows a car that triggered an alert on the police's AN

S9·E2 Core

Episode 2

Jul 22, 2020 · 45 min

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.

S9·E3 Core

Episode 3

Jul 29, 2020 · 45 min

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

S9·E4 Core

Episode 4

Aug 5, 2020 · 45 min

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

S9·E5 Core

Episode 5

Aug 12, 2020 · 45 min

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

S9·E6 Core

Episode 6

Feb 22, 2021 · 45 min

A flying fire extinguisher is launched at the cops from a fleeing getaway car which is doing 165mph on the M1.

S9·E7 Core

Episode 7

Mar 1, 2021 · 45 min

Derbyshire's Road Crime Unit is tasked with targeting dealers who bring drugs into the county.

S9·E8 Core

Episode 8

Mar 8, 2021 · 45 min

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.

S9·E9 Core

Episode 9

Mar 15, 2021 · 45 min

Karl is called to an accident involving a driver in his seventies who's reversed into a house and ruptured a gas main.

S9·E10 Core

Episode 10

Mar 22, 2021 · 45 min

Sergeant Scott responds to an alert of a suspected drunk driver. Mark and Ant deal with an alleged report of an abusive drunk man threatening to go on a killing spree.

S9·E11 Core

Episode 11

Mar 29, 2021 · 45 min

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.

S9·E12 Core

Episode 12

Apr 12, 2021 · 45 min

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.

S9·E13 Core

Episode 13

Apr 19, 2021 · 45 min

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

S9·E14 Core

Episode 14

Apr 26, 2021 · 45 min

PC Naylor responds to a call after a man with a history of violence is suspected of having stolen a car.

S9·E15 Core

Episode 15

May 3, 2021 · 45 min

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

S9·E16 Core

Episode 16

May 10, 2021 · 45 min

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.

S9·E17 Core

Episode 17

May 17, 2021 · 45 min

The team flags down a car on the M1, but the driver speeds off, resulting in a chase of up to 120mph and a woman is convinced her boyfriend has fallen into a canal.

S9·E18 Core

Episode 18

May 24, 2021 · 45 min

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.

S9·E19 Core

Episode 19

May 31, 2021 · 45 min

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.

S9·E20 Core

Episode 20

Jun 7, 2021 · 45 min

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

S9·E21 Core

Episode 21

Jul 12, 2021 · 45 min

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.

S9·E22 Mytharc

Episode 22

Jul 19, 2021 · 45 min

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

S9·E23 Mytharc

Episode 23

Jul 26, 2021 · 45 min

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

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