§ Mr. BurdenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what representations he has received in respect of the Birmingham Northfield regeneration/relief road plan. [127961]
§ Mr. HillBirmingham City Council submitted an Outline Business Case for a PFI scheme for the regeneration of Northfield, including a new relief road, in September 1999. The City Council also submitted the Relief Road as a major scheme bid in their Provisional Local Transport Plan in July 1999. We deferred consideration of the Relief Road bid because of the absence of a qualified assessment of the costs and benefits of the scheme. At a meeting with the City Council on 5 April 2000, officials made clear to the Council that the
Casualties in accidents between pedal cycles and pedestrians: GB 1994–98 Severity of casualty Fatal1 Serious2 Slight3 Total Pedestrian Cyclist Pedestrian Cyclist Pedestrian Cyclist Pedestrian Cyclist 1994 3 0 95 14 242 68 340 82 1995 4 1 89 19 266 78 359 98 1996 2 1 88 15 230 68 320 84 1997 3 3 88 14 253 76 344 93 1998 2 0 71 14 201 53 274 67 1Fatal injury: Human casualties who sustained injuries which caused death less than 30 days after the accident (excluding confirmed suicides) 2Serious injury: An injury for which a person is detained in hospital as an 'in-patient', or any of the following injuries whether or not they are detained in hospital: fractures, concussion, internal injuries, crushing, severe cuts and lacerations, severe general shock requiring medical treatment and injuries causing death 30 or more days after the accident. An injured casualty is recorded as seriously or slightly injured by the police on the basis of information available within a short time of the accident. This generally will not reflect the results of a medical examination, but may be influenced according to whether the casualty is hospitalised or not. Hospitalisation procedures will vary regionally. 3Slight injury: An injury of a minor character such as a sprain, bruise or cut which are not judged to be severe, or slight shock requiring roadside attention. This definition includes injuries not requiring medical treatment. Note:
statistics shown in the table are for single vehicle accidents involving one or more pedestrians.