§ 12. Mr. Hewlettasked the Secretary of State for War whether his attention has been called to the increasing loss of life among members of the Army by road accidents; whether investigation is made in all such cases to ascertain whether these were preventable; and what is the total estimate of the casualties in all such accidents in the last six months for which figures are available?
§ Sir J. GriggThere are no figures available of fatal road accidents to members of the Army except where a War Department vehicle was involved. These show that there were in the last nine months of 1942 less than three-quarters of the fatal accidents that there were in those months of 1941. In accordance with 1569 King's Regulations a Court of Inquiry is invariably held in the case of a fatal accident.