HC Deb 24 May 1944 vol 400 cc738-9
43. Mr. T. J. Brooks

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport the annual figures of killed and injured on the roads of this country for the last 25 years.

The Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport (Mr. Noel-Baker)

With my hon. Friend's permission, I will circulate the figures for the years 1926 to 1943 inclusive, in the OFFICIAL REPORT. I regret that the figures for the years before 1926 are not available.

Mr. Brooks

What has the Minister of War Transport in mind, to deal with this very serious loss of life and limb? Will the Department give very serious thought to this question?

Mr. Noel-Baker

As I said in the Debate on the Estimates, we have a Committee, over which I preside, sitting in the Ministry which is preparing an interim programme for immediately after the war, and it will then proceed to prepare a long-term programme for dealing with the problem.

Number of Persons Killed and Injured in Road Accidents in Great Britain.
Year. Killed. Injured.
1926 … … 4,886 133,888
1927 … … 5,329 148,575
1928 … … 6,238 164,838
1929 … … 6,696 170,917
1930 … … 7,305 177,895
1931 … … 6,691 202,119
1932 … … 6,667 206,450
1933 … … 7,202 216,328
1934 … … 7,343 231,603
1935 … … 6,502 221,726
1936 … … 6,561 227,823
1937 … … 6,633 226,402
1938 … … 6,648 226,711
1939 … … 8,272 125,303
(first 7 months only)
1940 … … 8,609 Not Available
1941 … … 9,169 146,527
(last 9 months only)
1942 … … 6,926 140,618
1943 … … 5,796 116,740
Note.—The reporting of non-fatal injuries during the war may not be as complete as regards slight injuries as was the case before the war.