HC Deb 23 December 1937 vol 330 cc2188-90W
Sir G. Fox

asked the Minister of Transport whether, taking the sections of the main roads which run through the rural districts of the country, he will state, county by county, whether the number of fatal accidents shows any notable increase or decrease and the reasons for such increase or decrease?

Mr. Burgin

The information available does not enable particulars relating to those sections of main roads which run through rural areas to be isolated. The following table gives particulars for each county police district but I am not prepared to speculate on the reasons for the increases and decreases indicated.

County Police District. Killed 11 months ended 30th November.
1936. 1937.
England.
Bedfordshire 29 35
Berkshire 48 52
Buckinghamshire 65 58
Cambridgeshire 14 24
Cheshire 133 104
Cornwall 35 27
Cumberland and Westmorland. 35 42
Derbyshire 66 76
Devonshire 76 70
Dorset 48 37
Durham 128 112
Ely, Isle of 6 15
Essex 95 117
Gloucestershire 70 78
Hampshire 108 133
Herefordshire 14 15
Hertfordshire 67 58
Huntingdonshire 19 16
Kent 162 144
Lancashire 250 270
Leicestershire 42 53
Lincolnshire 72 69
Monmouthshire 38 32
Norfolk 38 51
Northamptonshire 47 38
Northumberland 50 55
Nottinghamshire 63 78
Oxfordshire 28 44
Peterborough, Liberty of 4 4
Rutland 3 13
Salop 44 33
Somersetshire 61 72
Staffordshire 131 140
Suffolk, East 32 27
Suffolk, West 27 16
Surrey 78 77
Sussex, East 48 57
Sussex, West 57 28
Warwickshire 77 84
Wight, Isle of 5 4
Wiltshire 45 48
Worcestershire 60 61
Yorkshire, East Riding 35 39
Yorkshire, North Riding 54 77
Yorkshire, West Riding 238 223
Total—English Counties 2,845 2,906
(An increase of 2.1 per cent.)

County Police District. Killed 11 months ended 30th November.
1936. 1937.
Wales.
Anglesey 3 4
Brecon 8 10
Caernarvon 14 11
Cardigan 10
Carmarthenshire 12 23
Denbigh 25 24
Flint 24 25
Glamorganshire 91 67
Merioneth 2 1
Montgomery 11 6
Pembroke 12 11
Radnor 5 1
Total Welsh Counties 217 183
(A decrease of 15.7 per cent.).
Scotland.
Aberdeenshire 19 29
Angus 16 10
Argyll 5 6
Ayrshire 40 48
Banff 2
Berwick 6 5
Bute 4 3
Caithness 3 3
Clackmannan 3 4
Dumfries 9 19
Dunbartonshire 23 21
East Lothian 7 3
Fifeshire 29 26
Inverness-shire 5 10
Kincardine 3 6
Kirkcudbright 6 8
Lanarkshire 55 40
Midlothian 10 19
Moray and Nairn 6 5
Orkney 1 2
Peebles 3
Perthshire and Kinross 23 27
Renfrewshire 16 22
Ross and Cromarty 2 7
Roxburgh 9 9
Selkirk 5 2
Stirlingshire 25 30
Sutherland 2 2
West Lothian 16 15
Wigtown 3 5
Zetland 1
Total Scottish Counties 353 390
(An increase of 10.5 per cent.)
Total Great Britain 3,415 3,479
(An increase of 1.9 per cent.)