§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents causing (a) death and (b) serious personal injury have involved pedestrians crossing roads at pelican crossings, push-button controlled pedestrian crossings, school patrol crossings and other types of pedestrian crossings in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. HoramI regret that this information is not available in the precise form requested. The following information is available:
roundabout junctions in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. HoramI regret that separate information for conventional and mini-roundabouts is not currently available nationally.
In 1977 there were 9,002 accidents at or within 20 yards of a roundabout of which 62 involved fatalities and a further 1,642 involved serious personal injury.
A new police accident report form is being introduced by a small number of police forces in 1978 and by further 773W police forces in 1979. This new form will enable accidents at mini-roundabouts to be separately identified from those at conventional roundabouts.