HC Deb 16 November 1955 vol 546 cc409-10
42. Colonel Stoddart-Scott

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the number of accidents which have taken place this year on the Otley—Wetherby road between Pool-in-Wharfedale and Harewood Bridge; how many fatalities have there been; and what steps have been taken to prevent further accidents.

Mr. Boyd-Carpenter

Twenty-six accidents involving two fatalities. The highway authority has already dealt with the slippery road surface which developed last summer.