HL Deb 07 February 1990 vol 515 c938WA
Lord Tordoff

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many fatalities or serious injuries have resulted from collisions with stationary vehicles on the hard shoulders of motorways over the last two years.

Viscount Davidson

The figures are as follows:

ACCIDENTS AND INJURIES RESULTING FROM COLLISIONS WITH STATIONARY VEHICLES ON THE HARD SHOULDER OF MOTORWAYS: 1987 AND 1988
ACCIDENTS
Fatal Serious Slight Total
1987 17 63 76 156
1988 25 42 93 160
CASUALTIES
Fatal Serious Slight Total
1987 19 81 164 264
1988 36 60 221 317