HC Deb 22 June 1938 vol 337 cc1078-9
78. Mr. Denville

asked the Minister of Transport the total number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, within the boundaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne and Gateshead, and the number attributable to non-local vehicles?

Mr. Burgin

The numbers of road accidents involving personal injury in Newcastle-on-Tyne and Gateshead during the year 1937 were:

Fatal accidents Non-fatal accidents.
Newcastle-on-Tyne 32 931
Gateshead 10 415

No information is available as to the places at which the vehicles involved are kept.

Mr. Denville

Does not this show the desirability of a by-pass being built in this locality?

Mr. Burgin

The question is a statistical one, not a question of policy.