HC Deb 14 March 1932 vol 263 cc22-3
60. Mr. PARKINSON

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will inform the House as to the number of serious accidents caused, and reported to his Department, by private cars, commercial lorries, and other commercial vehicles, respectively, during the last 10 years, in each case stating the number of fatal accidents in each year?

The SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Sir Herbert Samuel)

I will circulate such figures as are available in the OFFICIAL REPORT.

Following is the answer:

The particulars collected do not provide for a separation of accidents caused by commercial lorries from those caused by other commercial vehicles. The available figures are as follow:
— Fatal Accidents.
1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. 1931.
Private cars (including for 1927 and 1928, taxi-cabs, which are responsible for rather less than 100 of these accidents annually). 1,477 1,814 1,811 1,824 1,811*
Motor vans, lorries, etc. 1,086 1,136 1,330 1,475 1,399*
2,563 2,950 3,141 3,299 3,210*
Non-fatal Accidents involving personal injury.
Private cars (including for 1927 and 1928, taxi-cabs, which are responsible for rather less than 2,500 of these accidents annually). 41,716 47,394 46,085 47,338 58,308*
Motor vans, lorries, etc. 14,292 15,832 17,554 18,907 23,012*
56,008 63,226 63,639 66,245 81,320*
* Provisional.

61. Mr. SOMERVELL

asked the Home Secretary how many persons have been killed in railway accidents and road accidents, respectively, in the last five years?

The numbers of persons killed in Great Britain in railway and road accidents respectively during the years since 1926 were as follow:
— 1926. 1927. 1928. 1929. 1930. Total.
Railway … … … 374 435 460 417 380 2,066
Road … … … 4,886 5,329 6,138 6,696 7,305 30,354
For 1931 the figures of railway accidents are not yet available; the number of road accidents was 6,690.