§ Mr. RuaneTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many(a) fatal accidents and (b) serious injuries have occurred on pelican and zebra crossings in each of the last 20 years. [139605]
§ Mr. HillThe numbers of pedestrians killed and seriously injured on pelican and zebra crossings in Great Britain is shown in the table:
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Casualties on a zebra or pelican crossing, refuge or central island Fatal Serious 1980 115 1,064 1981 96 996 1982 110 1,156 1983 112 1,087 1984 92 1,114 1985 92 1,146 1986 122 1,192 1987 93 1,011 1988 103 1,114 1989 87 1,039 1990 97 1,079 1991 102 902 1992 80 895 1993 74 763 1994 73 766 1995 49 721 1996 71 707 1997 60 742 1998 51 664 1999 53 572 In some cases a fatal accident may have resulted in more than one casualty and the table shows the total number of fatalities rather than accidents. Only pedestrian casualties have been included in these figures.