§ Mr. J. GARDNERasked the Home Secretary the number of vehicles passing the points set out below within the usual statistical hours for the years 1924 and 1929: Elephant and Castle, Hyde Park Corner, Bank, Piccadilly Circus, Marble
Point of Enumeration. Number of Vehicles. 1924. 1929. Hyde Park Corner … … 61,454 72,685 Trafalgar Square … … 48,577 63,699 Marble Arch (a) … … 46,743 53,243(a) Piccadilly Circus … … 45,230 45,305 Blackfriars Bridge Approach, Chatham Place (b) … 36,507(b) 41,704 Victoria Station, Grosvenor Gardens … … 26,390 36,225* Knightsbridge, Sloane Street … … 31,456 35,349 Piccadilly, St. James's Street … … 32,877 35,142 Mansion House Street (Bank) … … 31,800 34,857 Oxford Circus … … 32,957 34,708 Strand, Wellington Street (b) … … 21,285(b) 34,685 High Holborn, Southampton Row … … 27,937 34,355 Shepherds Bush Green … … 23,654 34,135 Hammersmith Broadway … … 27,700 33,749 Ludgate Circus (b) … … 29,292(b) 32,673 Edgware Road, Praed Street, Marylebone Road, etc. (a, c) … 25,119 32,590(a, c) Elephant and Castle … … 30,597 32,219 Vauxhall Cross … … 27,008 31,468 King William Statue … … 26,409 30,643 Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road (c) … … 27,852 30,464(c) * Figures shown are those for 1928. No figures are available for 1929. (a) The Oxford and Cambridge Universities Cricket Match was in progress at Lord's Cricket Ground when the census was taken in 1929, and traffic conditions were not normal at certain points nearest to the Ground, particularly at Marble Arch and Edgware Road (Praed Street and Marylebone Road). (b) The 1924 census at Blackfriars Bridge, Ludgate Circus and Strand at Wellington Street was affected by Waterloo Bridge being closed. (c) The 1929 census at Edgware Road, Praed Street, Marylebone Road, etc., and Oxford Street, Tottenham Court Road was affected by road repairs. 2182W
Weather conditions were as follow:— 1924 … … Fine. 1929 … … Fine. Arch, Hammersmith Broadway, and other congested centres in London?
§ Mr. SHORTThe following figures relate to a traffic census of 20 of the busiest points taken within the Metropolitan Police district and the City of London between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on a given day in the years 1924 and 1929: