HC Deb 08 November 1944 vol 404 cc1384-5W
Mr. Leonard

asked the Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of War Transport the number of persons killed and injured in road accidents in Scotland from the outbreak of war to the latest available date.

Mr. Noel-Baker

From September, 1939, to September, 1944, inclusive, 5,002 persons were killed in road accidents in Scotland. Statistics of non-fatal accidents are not available from the beginning of the war until April, 1941, but since that date and up to the end of September, 1944, 49,536 persons were injured.