§ 25. Lieut.-Colonel Liptonasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation whether he will include in the regular official statistics relating to road accidents, the quarterly figures of persons killed or seriously injured on zebra crossings.
§ Mr. MolsonFigures of casualties on zebra crossings are already given in the monthly returns of road accidents issued by my Department.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonWill the Parliamentary Secretary arrange to publish these figures quarterly or annually so that the general public can realise that there has been a substantial increase in the number of accidents even on zebra crossings? The figures went up from 675 in 1953 to 920 last year.
§ Mr. MolsonThese figures are made available in the Library of the House of Commons regularly every month. I have not drawn the hon. and gallant Gentleman's attention to that previously because I thought he liked putting Parliamentary Questions on the subject.
§ Lieut.-Colonel LiptonIn view of the totally unsatisfactory nature of the reply, I beg to give notice that I shall raise the matter again.