§ Mr. Callaghanasked the Minister of Transport if he will state the number of road accidents in Wales for each of the last five years; and in how many of them commercial vehicles were involved.
§ Mr. MarplesI regret that the information asked for is not available; the number of casualties in road accidents in Wales and Monmouthshire in the last five years is shown in the table below.
CASUALTIES IN ROAD ACCIDENTS IN WALES AND MONMOUTHSHIRE Fatal Casualties Seriously injured Slightly injured Total 1955 251 3,389 8,454 12,094 1956 292 3,230 8,688 12,210 1957 283 3,670 8,859 12,812 1958 305 3,670 9,565 13,540 1959 289 4,547 9,838 14,674