HC Deb 20 December 1990 vol 183 cc287-8W
Mrs. Margaret Ewing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the number of fatalities, and the number of serious injuries arising from(a) road accidents involving heavy goods vehicles and (b) freight trains, in each of the last fifteen years.

Mr. Freeman

(a) The information requested is given in the table for the years 1979 to 1989. Information for earlier years is only available at disproportionate cost.

(a) Casualties in road accidents involving heavy goods vehicles: Great Britain: 1979 to 1989
Year Killed Seriously injured All KSI1
1979 1,063 5,878 6,941
1980 859 5,119 5,978
1981 851 4,919 5,770
1982 875 4,816 5,691
1983 811 4,244 5,055
1984 876 4,476 5,352
1985 811 4,331 5,142
1986 908 4,391 5,299

Year Killed Seriously injured All KSI1
1987 910 4,380 5,290
1988 900 4,655 5,555
1989 989 4,780 5,769
1 Killed or seriously injured.

(b) The information requested in relation to freight trains is not readily available.