§ Sir G. Foxasked 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 2189W of fatal accidents shows any notable increase or decrease and the reasons for such increase or decrease?
§ Mr. BurginThe 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.
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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.)