§ 61. Mr. CECIL WILSONasked the Minister of Transport what is the latest week for which he has records of the number of accidents in which passenger vehicles, goods vehicles and locomotives and motor tractors, respectively, as indicated in the First Schedule of the Road Traffic Bill, were involved; how many persons were killed at the time; how many seriously injured, requiring detention in hospitals; and how many received minor injuries?
§ Mr. HERBERT MORRISONI regret that statistics are not available enabling me to give the details in respect of accidents for which my hon. Friend asks. The powers sought under the Road Traffic Bill will, I hope, result in more information being available on this subject in the future.
§ Mr. WILSONDoes that mean that no statistics are kept by the Ministry of Transport?
§ Mr. MORRISONIt is not true that no statistics are kept but the figures are not known to the extent of the classification asked for by the hon. Member.
§ Mr. WILSONIs that due to any lack of power to obtain these statistics?
§ Mr. MORRISONI am afraid that the existing machinery does not give us the opportunity of getting statistics in this detail, but we shall have additional powers under the Road Traffic Bill when it is passed into law.