§ Sir Nicholas BonsorTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what are the road accident fatality rates for Great Britain, other EC countries, the United States of America, Canada and Japan.
§ Mr. ChopeThe fatality rates expressed as the number of fatalities per 100,000 population in 1988 are published in "Road Accidents Great Britain" and are set out in the following table.
Fatality rate per 100,000 population, selected countries: 1988 Country Rate Great Britain 9 Belgium 20 Denmark 14 France 21 West Germany 13 Greece 17 Ireland 113 Italy 13 Luxembourg 23 Netherlands 9 Portugal 33 Spain 21 Canada 116 Japan 11 USA 19 1 1987 figure. Comparable fatality rates expressed as the number of fatalities per billion vehicle kilometres depend upon the availability of estimates of traffic in individual countries. Not all countries make direct estimates of road traffic, nor are the published estimates on a consistent basis. However, the Netherlands Road Safety Research Institute has recently published the following estimates: 289W
Fatality rate per billion vehicle km, selected countries: 1988 Country Rate Great Britain 13 Belgium 36 Denmark 20 France 29 West Germany 19 Greece 72 Ireland 21 Italy 126 Luxembourg 28 Netherlands 15 Portugal 106 Spain 83 Canada 15 Japan 23 USA 15 1 1986 figure.