HC Deb 31 July 1957 vol 574 c191W
53. Mr. Page

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will give an estimate of the average economic loss, in terms of the present value of money, resulting from a road accident causing the death of a child, the death of an adult, serious personal injury, slight personal injury and damage to property, respectively; and the total annual economic loss due to road accidents.

Mr. Watkinson

The Road Research Laboratory estimate that the figures are approximately £4,000, £2,400, £700, £50 and £40. It is estimated that in 1956 the total economic cost of road accidents amounted to about £110 million. These figures take no account of the human suffering involved.