§ Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Works how many accidents involving motor vehicles have been reported since the speed limit in Richmond Park was 79W raised to 30 miles per hour; and how many of them occurred after lighting-up time.
§ Lord John HopeTwenty-one, in the seventeen months to the end of December, 1961, of which six occurred after lighting-up time.
§ Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Works how many deer were killed or injured by motor vehicles on the roads in Richmond Park in 1959, 1960, and 1961; and how many such incidents have occurred since the speed limit was raised to 30 miles per hour.
§ Lord John HopeNo figures are available for the period before 4th August, 1960, when the speed limit was raised. In the nineteen months since that date, forty-seven deer have been injured or killed.
§ Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Works how many cases of exceeding the speed limit in Richmond Park were the subject of Court proceedings in 1959, 1960, and 1961; and in how many cases were convictions recorded.
§ Lord John HopeThe figures are:
— 1959 1960 1961 Prosecutions … 6 47 132 Convictions … 6 45 130 In 1960 and 1961 the regulations have been very much more strictly enforced than previously.
§ Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Works what is the establishment of keepers in Richmond Park; how many are now in employment; and if he is satisfied that the number is sufficient to enforce the law so far as the speed limit for motor vehicles is concerned.
§ Lord John HopeThe establishment is thirty-one and there are twenty-five in post. The four men engaged on mobile patrols enforce the speed limit80W very effectively but I shall introduce another patrol if I can recruit the staff.
§ Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Works how many accidents involving motor cars, motor cycles, and motor scooters were reported as having occurred in Richmond Park during 1959, 1960 and 1961.
§ Lord John HopeThe figures are:
— 1959 1960 1961 Collisions between two or more moving vehicles 3 3 6 Collision with stationary vehicle nil nil 1 Accidents involving one vehicle (no pedestrian) 2 4 7 Accidents between vehicle and pedestrian nil 1 4 TOTALS 5 8 18 In only tour of the eighteen accidents reported in 1961 was speed or careless driving considered to be a contributory factor and three prosecutions resulted.
§ Mr. W. Griffithsasked the Minister of Works how many persons were killed or injured in incidents involving motor vehicles in Richmond Park in 1959, 1960, 1961; and what have been the figures since the speed limit was raised to 30 miles per hour.
§ Lord John HopeThere have been no fatalities.
The numbers of persons injured are as follows (the figures in brackets show the numbers of pedestrians included in the totals):
1959 1960 1961 6 (0) 9 (2) 20 (3) During the seventeen months from 4th August, 1960, when the speed limit was raised, to the end of 1961, twenty-four people were injured, including four pedestrians.