§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the Minister of Transport what was the number of road accidents resulting in serious or fatal injury in 1964, expressed as a figure per mile of trunk or Class I roads in each of the respective areas of Warwickshire, each adjoining county, and Great Britain as a whole.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI regret that the figures of fatal and serious accidents are not readily available. The following table shows the numbers of people killed or seriously injured, expressed as a figure per mile of trunk and Class I roads:
Warwickshire … 8.4 Staffordshire … 5.1 Leicestershire and Rutland … 3.9 Northamptonshire … 4.1 Oxfordshire … 3.7 Gloucestershire … 5.8 Worcestershire … 3.5 Great Britain … 3.6 NOTE: Counties include county boroughs.
72WThe comparisons are affected by differences in the proportion of trunk and Class I to other roads, in the proportion of urban roads—which have a higher accident rate—and in the density of traffic per mile of road.
§ Mr. Geoffrey Lloydasked the Minister of Transport how many road accidents resulting in serious or fatal injuries occurred in Warwickshire in 1964; what was the comparable number in 1960; what percentage increase this represents; and what was the comparable percentage increase in adjoining counties.
§ Mr. Tom FraserI regret that the figures of fatal and serious accidents are not readily available. The number of people killed or seriously injured in Warwickshire—including Birmingham and Coventry—was 4,223 in 1963 and 3,365 in 1960: the increase was 25 per cent. The percentage increases for the adjoining counties—including county boroughs—were:
Staffordshire … 13 Leicestershire and Rutland … 0 Northamptonshire … 19 Oxfordshire … 8 Gloucestershire … 20 Worcestershire … 9