§ Mr. RosindellTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what proportion of road traffic accidents occurred on or near to the calibration lines of speed cameras in the last 12 months for which figures are available. [11657]
§ Mr. JamiesonThat information does not form part of the accident record. Monitoring of the areas taking part in the trial of a new funding system for speed and traffic signal enforcement cameras has shown a significant decrease in the number of collisions and casualties at the camera sites. A site is considered to be the stretch of road within a half a kilometre of the camera.
§ David WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport. Local Government and the Regions what percentage of(a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in road traffic accidents occur to passengers where they and the car driver are under 21 years. [15015]
§ Mr. JamiesonIn Great Britain in 2000 there were a total of 3,409 deaths in road accidents. Four per cent. of these fatalities were aged under 21 and a passenger in a car with a driver who was also under 21. There were 38,155 seriously injured casualties, of whom 3 per cent. were passengers where they and the car driver were under 21 years of age.