§ Sir R. Thompsonasked the Minister of Transport how many fatal street accidents occurred in the county borough of Croydon in 1962; and how this total compares with those of other towns having a population of 250,000 or more over the same period.
§ Mr. MarplesThe following table gives the number of deaths from road accidents reported in 1962; the number of fatal accidents is not readily available.
DEATHS FROM ROAD ACCIDENTS IN 1962 IN TOWNS OF POPULATION OVER 250,000 — Population* 1961 Fatal 1961 casualties in 1962 Croydon C.B. 252,387 23 Birmingham C.B. 1,105,651 112 Glasgow 1,054,913 122 Liverpool C.B. 747,490 78 Manchester C.B. 661,041 94 Leeds C.B. 510,597 56 Sheffield C.B. 493,954 53 Edinburgh 468,378 51 Bristol C.B. 436,440 52 Wandsworth Met. B. 347,209 48 Nottingham C.B. 311,645 34 Coventry C.B. 305,060 45 Kingston-upon-Hull C.B. 303,268 31 Bradford C.B. 295,768 40 Leicester C.B. 273,298 32 Newcastle-upon-Tyne C.B. 269,389 23 Stoke-on-Trent C.B. 265,506 29 Cardiff C.D. 256,270 33 *Preliminary results of Census 1961.