HC Deb 29 January 1971 vol 810 c216W
Mr. Skeet

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will specify the total volume of traffic moving on the M1 during the last 12 months for which figures are available, and the percentage thereof which was involved in fatal accidents or accidents resulting in serious personal injuries.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

It is estimated that in 1969 motor vehicles travelled 1,890 million miles on the M1, and that for every hundred million miles of travel there were four fatal accidents and 14 accidents resulting in serious personal injury.