§ Mr. Michael Heseltineasked the Minister of Transport if, in view of the substantial increase in road fatalties and casualties during 1967, she will publish a breakdown of the published figures showing the cause of these accidents.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe figures for the first 4 months of this year, to be published shortly, show that fatalties were 1 per cent. more, but total casualties 2 per cent. less, than in the corresponding period last year.
A breakdown is not feasible. Most accidents result from a combination of factors, relatively few from a readily assignable cause. The police reports from which the published figures are compiled concentrate on circumstances and actions and do not attempt to specify causes.