HC Deb 07 November 1995 vol 265 cc771-6W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will list for each police force area the number of children killed or injured while travelling on school transport for each of the last five years; [40998]

(2) if he will list for each police force area the number of fatalities resulting from accidents involving heavy goods vehicles for each of the last five years. [40997]

Mr. Norris

Available information is shown in the following tables.

School pupil casualties (travelling to or from school) on a minibus or PSV by police region, severity and year
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Metropolitan Police
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 18 10 9 7 1
Slight 35 40 80 43 34

School pupil casualties (travelling to or from school) on a minibus or PSV by police region, severity and year
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Cumbria
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 1 0 3 1
Slight 9 0 5 3 3
Lancashire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 4 0
Slight 7 3 7 35 26
Merseyside
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 1 1 1
Slight 14 9 14 20 63
Greater Manchester
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 1 2 1 0 1
Slight 28 25 30 21 32
Cheshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 6 3 14 2 3
Northumbria
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 1 2 0 0 2
Slight 12 9 7 9 31
Durham
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 1 1 0
Slight 21 8 7 61 5
North Yorkshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 1 0 0
Slight 15 25 1 6 6
West Yorkshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 3 0 2
Slight 19 26 12 79 35
South Yorkshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 1 1 0
Slight 10 4 20 13 25
Humberside
Fatal 0 0 0 1 0
Serious 1 0 0 19 2
Slight 5 7 7 54 2
Cleveland
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 1 3 2 1 0
West Midlands
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 1 2 0
Slight 0 12 7 23 12
Staffordshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 1 0 1
Slight 34 4 5 14 39
School pupil casualties (travelling to or from school) on a minibus or PSV by police region, severity and year
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
West Mercia
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 14 21 10 27 14
Warwickshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 1
Slight 3 2 6 0 6
Derbyshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 13 4 1 7 4
Nottinghamshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 1 1 0 0 1
Slight 11 11 9 12 18
Lincolnshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 1 0
Slight 7 17 5 43 10
Leicestershire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 3 0 0 0 0
Slight 25 18 28 0 1
Northamptonshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 3 0 0 0 0
Slight 1 4 2 0 4
Cambridgeshire
Fatal 0 1 0 0 0
Serious 0 3 0 0 0
Slight 0 4 8 0 0
Norfolk
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 5 60 1 5 0
Suffolk
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 1
Slight 20 2 25 4 5
Bedfordshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 2 7 2 2 2
Hertfordshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 1 0 0 5 0
Slight 7 0 25 9 1
Essex
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 9 2 4 28 9
Thames Valley
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 2 0 2 1 0
Slight 7 26 70 35 22

School pupil casualties (travelling to or from school) on a minibus or PSV by police region, severity and year
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Hampshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 2 0
Slight 11 3 16 0 22
Surry
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 2 0 0 0 0
Slight 19 3 1 39 1
Kent
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 1 0 0
Slight 11 2 3 10 6
Sussex
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 2 0 1 0 0
Slight 8 3 20 1 14
City of London1
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 0 0 0 0 0
Devon and Cornwall
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 1 0
Slight 46 5 3 5 7
Avon and Somerset
Fatal 0 0 1 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 2 7 2 7 6
Gloucestershire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 1
Serious 3 0 0 0 0
Slight 18 0 0 13 22
Wiltshire
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 1 0
Slight 0 4 30 1 0
Dorset
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 1 0 0 0 0
Slight 20 0 10 1 10
North Wales
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 6
Slight 5 1 5 64 93
Gwent
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 3
Slight 15 30 1 3 17
South Wales
Fatal 0 0 0 1 0
Serious 0 2 1 0 0
Slight 13 22 47 32 21
Dyfed-Powys
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 2 2 0 0 0
Slight 30 7 7 0 23

School pupil casualties (travelling to or from school) on a minibus or PSV by police region, severity and year
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Northern
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 2 2 1 2 8
Grampian
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 5 3 2 3 3
Tayside
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 1 1 0 0 0
Slight 16 2 1 2 1
Fife
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 2 0 1 1 1
Slight 30 1 12 1 4
Lothian and Borders
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 2 0 0 0 0
Slight 2 3 7 11 12
Central
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 2 0 0 0
Slight 14 20 4 10 4
Strathclyde
Fatal 0 0 0 1 1
Serious 0 4 1 1 5
Slight 22 22 17 11 78
Dumfries and Galloway
Fatal 0 0 0 0 0
Serious 0 0 0 0 0
Slight 1 2 0 6 0
Total Fatal 0 1 1 3 2
Serious 46 30 26 51 31
Slight 630 498 603 778 766
1 Included in Metropolitan area.

Notes:

1. The Police do not record the purpose for which the vehicle is being used when involved in injury accidents. Consequently the Mr. Norris: The Mayday call is used where there is a table includes all minibuses and PSV's where a school pupil travelling to or from school was killed or injured.

2. Scchool pupils have been classified as those aged fifteen and is required. under.

Fatalities from accidents involving HGVs by police area and year
Police Force Code 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Metropolitan Police 58 37 39 44 41
Cumbria 33 14 18 17 11
Lancashire 23 8 11 11 13
Merseyside 9 6 7 10 7
Greater Manchester 23 24 24 22 11
Cheshire 20 32 16 18 19
Northumbria 17 14 13 5 6
Durham 11 12 8 7 3
North Yorkshire 23 36 21 23 18
West Yorkshire 25 24 16 25 18
South Yorkshire 13 10 12 20 8
Humberside 11 11 19 15 15
Cleveland 1 8 2 0 1
West Midlands 35 14 23 12 14
Staffordshire 18 12 12 8 19
West Mercia 31 18 23 30 31
Fatalities from accidents involving HGVs by police area and year
Police Force Code 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Warwickshire 3 7 16 22 8
Derbyshire 13 22 17 23 13
Nottinghamshire 22 21 12 9 15
Lincolnshire 39 16 20 18 18
Leicestershire 15 20 24 20 13
Northamptonshire 24 23 11 12 6
Cambridgeshire 30 18 15 10 18
Norfolk 17 15 22 18 22
Suffolk 9 6 9 10 9
Bedfordshire 12 8 20 15 7
Hertfordshire 17 11 8 11 8
Essex 28 28 21 17 6
Thames Valley 46 35 34 24 25
Hampshire 34 21 17 18 16
Surrey 13 11 4 5 5
Kent 17 21 27 22 14
Sussex 17 12 16 14 7
City of London1 0 0 0 0 0
Devon and Cornwall 11 11 13 17 8
Avon and Somerset 18 25 21 15 11
Gloucestershire 17 12 10 4 13
Wiltshire 14 15 18 14 16
Dorset 6 13 8 4 14
North Wales 10 18 4 12 10
Gwent 3 2 6 1 5
South Wales 9 5 9 7 11
Dyfed-Powys 17 13 11 9 14
Northern 7 8 5 7 7
Grampian 9 9 11 9 12
Tayside 7 13 11 9 7
Fife 5 2 2 4 5
Lothian and Borders 15 11 15 9 6
Central 5 3 3 3 3
Strathclyde 22 36 27 27 26
Dumfries and Galloway 3 11 11 13 7
Total 885 782 742 699 620
1 Included in Metropolitan area.