§ Mr. Wyattasked the Minister of Transport whether he will give details of the accidents caused by high winds and turbulence on the M.1 motorway; and whether he will state the ratio of such accidents to accidents from other causes.
§ Mr. MarplesDuring the 12 months between November, 1961, and October, 1962, high winds were mentioned as a contributory factor in 21 of the accident reports submitted by the police to the Road Research Laboratory. This was 5 per cent. of all accidents reported in the same period.
Of these 21 accidents, 14 involved damage only; in the 7 personal injury 163W accidents 3 people were seriously injured and 5 slightly injured.
The vehicles primarily affected by the wind, one in each accident, were 2 scooters, 1 motor cycle, 7 cars, 1 car towing a caravan, 2 light vans and 8 other goods vehicles.