§ 14. Captain Pilkingtonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation what proportion of accidents he estimates occur on recognised black spots in road layout.
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterAccident statistics compiled from police records indicate that about 2 per cent. of all road accidents are attributable to road defects, but I regard black spots as places where the incidence of road accidents, from whatever cause, is abnormally high. I am afraid I have no statistics relating to these.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonBut is it not already known that an unduly high proportion of these accidents are accidents which take place on zebra crossings, which make zebra crossings black spots?
§ Mr. Boyd-CarpenterI regard all accidents as unduly high, but I do not share the hon. and gallant Gentleman's determined opposition to the zebra crossing. I believe that it has been extremely useful.