§ Lieut.-Colonel ACLAND-TROYTEasked the Minister of Transport whether he can state the number of people killed and injured on the roads of France, Germany and the United States during any recent year?
Mr. H R E-BELISHAThe following figures have been extracted from the latest published returns. The figures for France and the United States relate only to accidents in which motor vehicles were involved. The German figures are understood to embrace all road accidents.
— Year. Killed. Injured. France 1935 4,415 Not available United States 1935 36,100 895,280 Germany Nine months ended 30th June, 1936. 5,789 113,536 It must not be assumed that these figures are strictly comparable with one another or with our own.