HC Deb 16 December 1912 vol 45 c1121W
Mr. KELLAWAY

asked 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. McKENNA

I am informed that nine persons were killed and eighty-seven injured during the period mentioned.

Mr. WALTER REA

asked 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. McKENNA

A 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.