HC Deb 22 July 2002 vol 389 cc741-2W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what(a) proportion and (b) length of the strategic road network requires maintenance. [713331

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 2002]: I have asked the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Tim Matthews, to write to the hon. Member.

Letter from David York to Mrs. T. May, dated 22 July 2002: Tim Matthews has been asked by the Transport Minister for the Department for Transport to reply to your recent Parliamentary Question about the proportion and the length of the strategic road network currently requiring maintenance. I am replying since Tim is currently away on Highways Agency business. The Highways Agency aims to ensure that the network is retained in an optimum, safe condition on a basis that minimises costs over time. To achieve this requires that the proportion of the network requiring maintenance is held between 7% and 8% which equates to between 2,400 and 2,700 lane km. An assessment of the network was made at the end of March 2002 and this indicated that 7.5% of the network required maintenance. I hope this is helpful.

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the slight casualty rate was on the strategic road network in each year from 1994 to 2002; and what the annual average was for 1994 to 1998. [71503]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 2002]: The slight casualty rates on the English trunk road network were as follows:

Per 100 million vehicle kilometres
1994 21.88
1995 21.01
1996 22.35
1997 23.09
1998 22.28
1999 21.40
2000 20.82

The figure for 2001 is not yet available.

The average slight casualty rate for 1994 to 1998 was 22.14 per 100 million vehicle kilometres.

Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were(a) killed and (b) seriously injured on the strategic road network in each of the last three years. [71501]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 19 July 2002]: The number of people killed and seriously injured on the English trunk road network were as follows:

Killed Seriously injured
1998 628 4152
1999 664 4217
2000 599 3950

Note:

Figures for 2001 are not yet available.