§ Mr. KELLAWAYasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons were killed and injured, respectively, by motor omnibuses in the Metropolitan police area and the City of London during the week ended 8th December?
§ Mr. McKENNAI am informed that nine persons were killed and eighty-seven injured during the period mentioned.
§ Mr. WALTER REAasked the Home Secretary whether he can state the numbers of killed and of injured in the City of London and in the Metropolitan Police District, by motor and by horse omnibuses, and by electric and by horse tramways, in each of the years from 1904 to 1911?
§ Mr. McKENNAA comparative Return of accidents in the Metropolitan Police District for the last ten years, which gives the particulars required, will be found in the Appendix to the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Police for 1911 (Table 10 on page 27). For the City of London the figures for 1909–1911 are as follows:—
Year. Number of Persons Killed. Number of Persons Injured. By Omnibuses. By Tramcars. Total. By Omnibuses. By Tramcars. Total. Horse Drawn. Motor. Horse Drawn. Electric. Horse Drawn. Motor. Horse Drawn. Electric. 1909 … … — 7 — — 7 68 242 — 13 323 1910 … … 1 8 — — 9 48 236 — 13 297 1911 … … — 14 — — 14 30 328 — 22 380 Total … … 1 29 — — 30 146 806 — 48 1,000 The separate figures for 1904–1908 are not available.