§ Mr. LawsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions which stretches of the(a) A30 and (b) A303 in Somerset have accident rates above the national average for A roads; and if he will make a statement. [1369]
§ Mr. Jamieson[holding answer 4 July 2001]: The average rate of accidents on non-built-up A roads of the three years 1997–99, published in "Road Accidents Great Britain: 1999 The Casualty Report", was 26 per 100 million vehicle kilometres (mvkm). Only one stretch of the A303 in Somerset had an accident rate above this national average; the stretch of road between the Eagle Tavern and the A358 had an average accident rate of 27.35 per 100 mvkm in 1997–99.
The A30 in Somerset is a local road so information on accident rates is not held centrally. Further information the hon. Member requires may be held by Somerset county council.