HC Deb 22 July 1991 vol 195 cc329-30W
Ms. Gordon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list annual figures for road accidents in Tower Hamlets for each year since 1979.

Mr. Chope

The statistics available cover road accidents involving personal injury reported to the police. The table shows the number of such accidents each year in the London borough of Tower Hamlets, classified by severity of accident.

Accidents involving injury, by severity: London Borough of Tower Hamlets: 1979 to 1989
Number
Year Severity
Fatal Serious Slight
1979 14 217 984
1980 14 176 950
1981 13 136 975
Year Severity
Fatal Serious Slight
1982 16 166 1,162
1983 20 146 1,021
1984 19 162 1,078
1985 8 235 895
1986 16 244 978
1987 9 210 936
1988 14 223 974
1989 12 269 1,032