§ Sir G. de Freitasasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the number of people killed on the roads of Great Britain rose from 6,922 in 1963 to 7,820 in 1964, and the number of seriously injured from 87,776 in 1963 to 95,460 in 1964; and what were the corresponding figures for Northampton-shire, excluding the County Borough of Northampton.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI am aware of the casualty figures for 1963 and 1964. The information requested is as follows:
Killed Seriously Injured 1963 … … … 62 1,057 1964 … … … 73 1,179
§ Sir G. de Freitasasked the Minister of Transport whether he is aware that the volume of motor traffic is estimated to have increased by 11 per cent. between 1963 and 1964 and road casualties are estimated to have increased by 8 per cent. in the same period; and what were 105W the corresponding figures for Northamptonshire, excluding the County Borough of Northampton.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI am aware of the facts quoted by my hon. Friend. Road casualties in Northamptonshire, excluding the County Borough of Northampton, increased by 7 per cent. between 1963 and 1964.
Information is not available to show the increase in motor traffic for individual counties.
§ Mr. Dribergasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish in HANSARD a table showing the number of deaths in road accidents in each year since official statistics of road accidents have been compiled, relating these figures to the total number of motor vehicles in use, and the amount of public money spent on road improvements, in each of those years.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe following is the information:
106W
Year Number Killed Vehicles Registered* (in 000s) Public Money Spent† £million 1926 … 4,886 1,709 1927 … 5,329 1,884 1928 … 6,138 2,036 1929 … 6,696 2,181 1930 … 7,305 2,272 18.7 1931 … 6,691 2,200 21.7 1932 … 6,667 2,225 10.8 1933 … 7,202 2,282 8.2 1934 … 7,343 2,401 8.1
Year Number Killed Vehicles Registered* (in 000s) Public Money Spent† £million 1935 … 6,502 2,562 10.2 1936 … 6,561 2,746 12.8 1937 … 6,633 2,913 16.8 1938 … 6,648 3,066 17.4 1939 … 8,272 3,125 8.7‡ 1940 … 8,609 2,282 4.1‡ 1941 … 9,169 2,418 2.7‡ 1942 … 6,926 1,757 1.8‡ 1943 … 5,796 1,438 1.0‡ 1944 … 6,416 1,481 1.1 1945 … 5,256 2,433 0.9 1946 … 5,062 2,967 2.5 1947 … 4,881 3,337 4.7 1948 … 4,513 3,505 5.3 1949 … 4,773 3,846 6.0 1950 … 5,012 4,118 6.3 1951 … 5,250 4,343 6.2 1952 … 4,706 4,599 6.3 1953 … 5,090 4,959 7.8 1954 … 5,010 5,429 9.0 1955 … 5,526 6,044 13.2 1956 … 5,367 6,540 22.0 1957 … 5,550 7,027 29.4 1958 … 5,970 7,490 57.4 1959 … 6,520 8,175 72.1 1960 … 6,970 8,941 75.1 1961 … 6,908 9,455 91.1 1962 … 6,709 10,052 116.7 1963 … 6,922 10,919 152.0§ 1964 … 7,820 11,831 172.0§ * Excludes agricultural tractors. † Public money spent on major improvement and new construction. Figures not available for years before 1930–31. ‡ Figures for Exchequer expenditure only. Local Authority expenditure figures not available. § Provisional.