§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many workplace transport(a) deaths and (b) accidents there were in each year since 1997. [165183]
§ Angela SmithThe information in the table gives the numbers of injuries involving workplace transport in all industries except for mines, railways and offshore where the types of transport are very specific to those industries. The injury figures are those relating to an absence of more than three days from work.
The definition of workplace transport in the table includes people: being struck by a vehicle; falling from a vehicle; being hit by materials falling from a vehicle and injured in a collapse/overturn of a vehicle.
The numbers of workplace transport injuries available at this level of detail are readily available from 1998–99 onwards. They include accidents to employees, to the self-employed and members of the public killed and injured by workplace transport. These figures exclude work related Road Traffic Accidents.
The number of injuries involving workplace transport, as reported to HSE and local authorities, 1998–99 to 2002–03 Fatal injuries Non fatal injuries 1998–99 67 7,590 1999–2000 54 8,075 2000–01 95 7,597 2001–02 53 5,224 2002–03 57 5,107 (provisional) Total 326 33,593