HC Deb 28 November 1988 vol 142 c163W
60. Mr. David Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress he is making on the liberalisation of European air routes.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

As a result of liberalising measures adopted last December by the Council of Ministers, United Kingdom airlines have introduced a

Motorcycle casualties and casualty rates: by severity: Great Britain: 1977 to 1987
Number/rate per 100 million vehicle kilometres
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Killed 1,182 1,163 1,160 1,163 1,131 1,090 963 967 796 762 723
Rate 25 25 24 20 17 16 15 15 14 14 14
Killed or seriously injured 21,504 21,502 21,277 22,697 22,329 22,687 20,317 20,009 18,172 16,466 13,896
Rate 452 453 433 384 334 328 322 318 321 305 272
All severities 71,689 69,733 67,155 70,838 69,129 71,920 64,494 63,821 56,591 52,280 45,801
Rate 1,507 1,470 1,366 1,197 1,034 1,041 1,023 1,014 999 968 896

Motorcycles include all two wheeled motor vehicles.