§ Mr. Coombsasked the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Fry) of 4 July Official Report, 660W column 653, on motorway and trunk road safety barriers what was the number of deaths and injuries occasioned by the accidents listed.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe numbers of deaths and injuries in accidents in which at last one vehicle crossed the central reservation and hit a crash barrier, detailed in my reply to the hon. Member for Wellingborough (Mr. Fry) on 4 July,Official Report, column 653 are given in the table below:
Year Motorways Class 'A' Dual Carriageways Killed Injured Killed Injured 1980 1 51 3 47 1981 5 75 1 46 1982 3 39 7 61 1983 14 97 8 89 1984 8 46 7 116 In 1984 these accidents accounted for some 4 per cent. of deaths and less than ½ per cent. of injuries on motorways; and 1 per cent. of deaths and less than 1 per cent. of injuries on class A dual carriageways.