Road Accidents

HC Deb 14 July 1993 vol 228 cc488-9W

Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the rate for personal injury accidents per million vehicle kilometres for England and Wales, for each year from 1985 to 1992 for(a) motorways, (b) dual carriageways, (c) trunk roads and (d) minor roads.

Mr. Key

Personal injury accident rates for motorways and trunk roads in England and Wales are shown in the table. Accident rates for dual carriageways in England and Wales are not available. Figures for minor roads are shown for 1989 to 1991, but are not readily available for England and Wales for earlier years. Figures for trunk and minor roads are not yet available for 1992.

Rate per 100 million vehicle kilometres
		A roads	All A roads	All main roads
		Built up	Non built up
	Mortorways	Trunk	Principal	Trunk	Principal
South West
Fatal	0.3	0.9	1.0	0.9	1.5	1.2	1.0
Fatal or serious	1.8	10.2	13.0	5.6	10.6	9.8	8.2
All severities	7.5	54.8	63.0	18.2	36.0	39.3	32.8
West Midlands
Fatal	0.2	1.7	1.5	1.1	1.6	1.4	1.0
Fatal or serious	1.6	15.0	18.1	8.4	10.7	13.5	9.4
All severities	8.3	71.8	86.2	29.9	38.8	58.6	41.3
North West
Fatal	0.4	2.1	1.6	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.1
Fatal or serious	1.9	16.7	16.1	7.7	8.8	12.8	9.0
All severities	11.4	99.6	106.5	31.4	38.3	75.8	53.2
England
Fatal	0.3	1.8	1.4	1.1	1.5	1.4	1.1
Fatal or serious	2.1	19.0	19.9	6.7	10.7	13.4	10.5
All severities	10.7	98.9	107.1	24.0	39.1	63.2	49.9
Wales
Fatal	0.2	1.0	1.3	1.3	1.6	1.4	1.2
Fatal or serious	1.9	13.9	15.3	9.2	11.5	11.9	10.4
All severities	10.6	70.4	90.7	31.2	42.0	53.3	46.9
Scotland2
Fatal	0.4	1.5	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.5
Fatal or serious	2.9	20.8	24.7	10.3	13.4	15.5	13.7
All severities	10.0	72.6	95.7	27.6	37.9	50.8	44.8
Great Britain2
Fatal	0.3	1.7	1.4	1.2	1.6	1.4	1.1
Fatal or serious	2.1	18.8	20.1	7.2	11.0	13.5	10.8
All severities	10.7	94.9	105.6	24.9	39.1	61.5	49.4
1 Traffic data and casualty data in this breakdown are not available for Northern Ireland.
2 Two accidents in Scotland, originally recorded as A road accidents, have been re.allocated as motorway accidents. There were five casualties in these accidents.