§ 36. Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Minister of Transport if he is aware that 66 people were killed and 1,281 injured during the six months ended 30th September, 1933, within the Metropolitan Police area, whereas 32 were killed and 1,074 injured during the six months ended 30th September, 1932; and if, as the results of his investigation into the causes of accidents, he can state how many of them were due to the speeding-up of the time schedules of omnibuses?
Mr. STANLEYThe figures given by my hon. Friend relate to the accidents in the Metropolitan Police District in which motor omnibuses were involved. I am informed by the London Passenger Transport Board that accidents in which the Board's vehicles (omnibuses) were concerned increased in 1933 as compared with 1932 by.061 per 10,000 miles, but as compared with 1931, a normal year operated at the old speeds, accidents have decreased by.036 per 10,000 miles.