§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many children under the age of 15 years were (a) killed and (b) suffered serious injury in road accidents at the nearest available date in 1983;
(2) how many pedestrians were (a) killed and (b) suffered serious injury in accidents at the nearest available date in 1983;
(3) how many persons (a) were killed, (b) suffered serious injury and (c) suffered slight injury in road accidents in Great Britain at the nearest available date in 1983.
(4) how many (a) pedal cyclists, (b) moped users, (c) motor scooter users and (d) motor cyclists were killed in road accidents at the nearest available date in 1983.
§ Mrs. Chalker
Casualties in road accidents—Great Britain January to June 1983* Number Children under 15 killed 256 Children under 15 seriously injured 4,788 All pedestrians killed 870 All pedestrians seriously injured 8,029 All persons killed 2,437 All persons seriously injured 32,358 All persons slightly injured 108,042 Pedal cyclists killed 146 Moped users killed 33 Motor scooter users killed 8 Motor cyclists killed (including combinations) 377 * Provisional. The above provisional data are the latest readily available. They are derived from the two Department of Transport Statistical Bulletins STCG4(83)1 and 2, giving quarterly figures on "Road Accidents and Casualties in Great Britain", available in the Library.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many persons were (a) killed and (b) suffered serious injury in bus and coach accidents at the nearest available date in 1983.
§ Mrs. ChalkerIt is provisionally estimated that 118 people were killed and 1,055 seriously injured in Great Britain in January to June 1983 in accidents where at least one of the vehicles involved was a bus or a coach. Of these 15 and 405 respectively were occupants.
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of accidents on motorways took place whilst road maintenance was being carried out in 1981, 1982 and to the nearest available date in 1983.
§ Mrs. ChalkerMotorway injury accidents where police accident reports record "road works present" are as follows:402W
Percentage 1981 January to June 9 July to December 13 Year 11 1982 January to June 9 July to December 12 Year 11 1983 January to June 9
§ Mr. Skinnerasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many 15 to 19-year-olds were killed in road accidents in 1982 and to the nearest available date in 1983; and what percentage of deaths from all causes the respective figures represent for this age group.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe best analysis along the lines requested is provided in table 11 of "Road Accidents Great Britain 1982" available in the Library. Due to differential seasonal time lags between the sources of data, a comparison for a part year would be misleading.