Weighbridges

HC Deb 03 November 1966 vol 735 cc155-6W

Mr. Galbraith

asked the Minister of Transport how many publicly owned weighbridges exist at the moment.

Number
				Motor vehicles licensed (in thousands)		Motor vehicles involved in accidents*
Year				Total road accidents*
				Total	Goods		Total	Goods
1961	…	…	…	9,455	1,457	270,295	381,070	71,206
1962	…	…	…	10,052	1,476	264,032	376,425	71,955
1963	…	…	…	10,919	1,535	271,531	395,288	76,313
1964	…	…	…	11,831	1,583	292,245	430,937	77,319
1965	…	…	…	12,402	1,609	299,229	446,278	78,448
* Personal injury accidents: fatal, serious and slight.

of immediate prohibition notices issued, the number of licences revoked and the number of licences of each class of goods vehicle, in each of the last five years.

Mr. Swingler

The figures are:

Mr. Swingler

The total at 1st January, 1966 was 998, of which 438 were owned by local authorities and 560 by nationalised industries.