§ 61. Dr. SALTERasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the number of fatal accidents caused to pedestrians by motor vehicles in the Metropolitan area in the first nine months of this year compares with the number in the corresponding period of 1930; and if he can state what is the number of pedestrians killed on the footway by motor vehicles mounting the pavement during the first nine months of 1931 and during 1929 and 1930 respectively?
§ The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir Herbert Samuel)The number of pedestrians fatally injured in the first nine months of 1931 was 601, as compared with 547 in the corresponding period in 1930. The number of pedestrians fatally injured by motor vehicles mounting the pavement was. 20 in the first nine months of 1931; the figure for the corresponding period in 1930 was 15 and for 1929 was 21.