HC Deb 23 July 1996 vol 282 c145W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) accidents and (b) fatalities occurred on (i) the hard shoulder of motorways and (ii) in vehicles stationary on the hard shoulder in the last year. [39399]

Mr. Norris

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Accidents and fatalities; on the motorway hard shoulder; GB 1995
Number
Accidents Fatalities
All accidents on the lay-by/hard shoulder1 150 11
Accidents involving a stationary vehicle on the lay-by/hard shoulder2 88 5
1 Includes vehicles entering, on, or leaving the lay-by/hard shoulder.
2 Involving a vehicle parked on the lay-by/hard shoulder.