HC Deb 08 November 1933 vol 281 cc166-7
12. Captain DOWER

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department the number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, in the metropolitan and extra-metropolitan areas, respectively, in each of the months of July, August, September and October; and whether such accidents are attributable to any special cause?

The UNDER-SECRETARY of STATE for the HOME DEPARTMENT (Mr. Douglas Hacking)

Statistics of road accidents for the country as a whole are not reported to my right hon. Friend until after the end of the calendar year to which they relate. I regret, therefore, that the information for which my hon. and gallant Friend asks is not available for the country as a whole. As regards the metropolitan and city police districts, my right hon. Friend has obtained information regarding the number of accidents involving death or personal injury during the last four months, and, as this information is in tabular form, I propose to circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT. In reply to the last part of the question, I regret that I am not in a position to say whether these accidents are attributable to any special cause. As my hon. and gallant Friend is aware, it is hoped to obtain valuable information regarding the causes of accidents from a comprehensive analysis which the Ministry of Transport is conducting, but the results of this analysis are not yet available.

Captain DOWER

In view of the appalling increase in these accidents,

Number of road accidents caused by Vehicles and Horses in the Metropolitan Police District and the City of London involving death or personal injury during July, August, September and October, 1933, and the number of persons killed and injured in these accidents.
Month (1933). Fatal accidents. Number of persons killed. Accidents involving personal injury. Number of persons injured.
July … 124 129 4,902 5,599
August … 118 121 4,657 5,373
September … 129 135 4,780 5,433
October (provisional) … 104 107 4,127 4,611
Total … 475 492 18,466 21,016