HC Deb 25 July 1929 vol 230 cc1454-7
19. Mr. DAY

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he can state the number of fatal and nonfatal street accidents that have taken place at the several places where the roundabout or one-way traffic systems have been introduced in the London area for the 12 months ended to the last convenient date; and whether he will give the corresponding figures for the 12 months prior to the inception of this system?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Clynes)

A return has been prepared as respects those roundabout or one-way systems which have been in operation for 12 months. As it is very long, I will, with the hon. Member's permission, have it printed in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Mr. DAY

Can the right hon. Gentleman say whether he thinks that the system as introduced in London is working satisfactorily and whether it is intended to increase it?

Mr. CLYNES

I have not been asked for a considered opinion, and this is not the occasion to give it. All the informa-

Round About and One-Way Systems—Accidents.
Street or Place. Date of commencement of system. Number of Accidents.
From inception of system to 30th June 1929. Corresponding period immediately prior to inception
Fatal. Non-fatal (persons injured). Fatal. Non-fatal (persons injured).
Serious. Slight. Serious. Slight.
Parliament Square 4.1.26 1 9 102 3 4 44
Queen's Gardens 25.1.26 1 3 44 1 2 18
Hyde Park Corner 22.3.26 2 21 198 2 14 180
Trafalgar Square 26.4.26 5 14 276 8 8 174
Knightsbridge and Bromp-ton Road. 14.2.27 1 3 29 — 4 46
Sloane Square 7.3.27 — — 100 — 13 137
Grosvenor Gardens 2.1.28 — — 30 — 1 21
Albert Gate 6.2.28 — 1 4 — — 3
Bessborough Gardens 26.11.28 — — — — — 2
Piccadilly Circus 26.7.26 1 12 116 4 9 122
Haymarket 26.7.26 1 8 122 — 4 47
Piccadilly, St. James's Street, Bennet Street, etc. 22.3.26 — — 11 — — 10
Lower Regent Street 15.11.26 — 2 77 2 7 53
Orange Street 27.5.29 — — — — — —
Dean Street 27.5.29 — — — — — 3
Wardour Street 27.5.29 — 3 2 — — 3
Deanery Street and Tilney Street. 27.5.29 — — — — — —
Marble Arch 1.11.26 2 11 132 2 7 92
Chapel Street, W. 6.2.28 — — 11 — — 39
Marylebone Lane 26.11.28 — — — — — —
Somerset Street, W. 26.11.28 — — 1 — — —
Long Acre 1.8.24 — 4 30 1 2 28
Great St. Andrew Street 1.8.24 — — 15 — 1 23
Aldwych 12.10.25 — 3 31 — 4 27
Maiden Lane 27.5.29 — — — — — —
The Mall and Church Street, Notting Hill. 2.1.28 — — 10 — 6 3
Featherstone Street and Leonard Street, Finsbury. 26.11.28 — — 2 — — 3
Catherine Street and Vince Street, Shoreditch. 26.11.28 — — — 1 — 4
Mare Street, Hackney (be-ween Amhurst Road and Dalston Lane). 4.8.24 1 10 55 1 8 47
Bow Road, Poplar (by St. Mary's Church). 6.2.28 — — 14 — — 18
Goodmayes Lane and Green Lane, Ilford. 27.5.29 — — — — — —
High Street and Eleanor Cross Road, Waltham Cross. 6.2.28 — 1 8 1 — 15
Montpelier Yale, Blackheath 6.2.28 — — 3 — — 1
Lee Green 9.4.28 1 — 10 — — 8
Swiss Cottage 9.4.28 — 6 31 — 6 39
The Burroughs and Watford Way, Hendon. 27.5.29 — — 4 — — —
Hendon Circus 27.5.29 — — — — — 1

tion will be found, I think, in the statement.

Following is the return:

Street or Place. Date of commencement of system. Number of Accidents.
From inception of system to 30th June 1929. Corresponding period immediately prior to inception
Fatal. Non-fatal (persons injured). Fatal. Non-fatal (persons injured).
Serious. Slight. Serious. Slight.
Hammersmith—King Street Beadons Road and part of The Grove. 27.7.26 — 7 71 — 6 49
Kingston Road (Junction of Kingston By-pass Road). 26.11.28 — — 3 — — 2
The Triangle, East Sheen 6.2.28 — — — — — 1
Richmond Hill 26.11.28 — — 1 — — —
Red Lion Street, Richmond 26.11.28 — 1 1 — — 1
High Street, Thames Ditton (Junction of St. Leonards Road). 27.5.29 — — — — — —
Elgin Avenue, Paddington (Junction of Great Western and Harrow Roads, etc.). 26.11.28 — — 1 — 1 8
The Triangle, Palmers Green 6.5.28 — 2 — — — 7
Park Avenue and Barret Avenue, Wood Green. 26.11.28 — — — — 1 2
16 121 1,545 26 108 1,281