§ 32. Mr. HEPWORTHasked the Minister of Transport whether his attention has been called to the loss of four lives owing to collisions at cross-roads and dangerous corners at the week-end; and 1031 whether his Department investigates all such fatalities with a view to ensuring that the proper amount of road signs and warnings is displayed?
§ The PARLIAMENTARY SECRETARY to the MINISTRY of TRANSPORT (Lieut.-Colonel Headlam)Road fatalities are unhappily so numerous that it is not practicable for my Department to investigate them individually, but whenever such an accident is reported as being due to defects in a road or to lack of adequate signs, the matter is taken up with the highway authority. My hon. Friend has recently communicated again with all highway authorities with regard to traffic signs and other measures for promoting safety on the roads.