Mr. MITCHELLasked the Minister of Transport whether any scheme has yet been evolved for the reducing of the number of accidents in Chiswick High Road; and, if not, by what date he anticipates that such a scheme will be evolved?
§ Mr. HORE-BELISHAIn collaboration with the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis I have had prepared diagrams of the four main routes in the Metropolitan area on which accidents have been particularly numerous, the Chiswick High Road being among them. The diagrams indicate the accidents recorded during the six months ended 30th September last, where they occurred and other relevant information. I sent these maps to the London and Home Counties Traffic Advisory Committee on 5th November with a request that the conditions on these roads should be investigated with a view to the adoption of remedial measures. I am sure that the Committee will have addressed themselves as a matter of urgency to this matter, and I await their recommendations with every confidence that they will be of the greatest value.