§ 37 and 38. Mr. KELLAWAYasked (1) how many fatalities were caused in the Metropolitan Police area and the City of London during 1913 by each class of vehicle using the streets; and (2) how many street traffic fatalities occurred in the Metropolitan Police area and the City of London during 1913?
§ Mr. McKENNAThe detailed figures for which my hon. Friend asks will be circulated with the Votes. The totals for which he asks in the second question are:—In the Metropolitan Police district, 608 fatalities; in the City, seventeen. Of these, 161 were due to horse-drawn vehicles, and 435 to motor vehicles.—[See Written Answers this Date.]
§ Mr. KELLAWAYHas my right hon. Friend any proposal to make for dealing with this exceedingly dangerous state of things?
§ Mr. McKENNAMy hon. Friend knows that a Committee have recently sat upon this very subject, and have made certain recommendations. So far as those recommendations can be carried out by administration they are being carried out at this moment.
§ Mr. BARNESCan the right hon. Gentleman give the figures separately for motor cars, motor omnibuses, and tramcars?
§ Mr. McKENNAI could not give an answer without notice.