Dr. Salterasked the Minister of Transport on what grounds all road accidents affecting children under seven years of age, when unaccompanied or inadequately supervised, are included in 1944W the tables attributing the blame of the accident to pedestrians in the report on road accidents for the year ended 3rst March, 1937; and, in view of the fact that children under seven years are the victims in 23.9 per cent, of all accidents for which pedestrians are blamed, will he see that future statistics attributing blame to pedestrians are not unduly weighted in this way?
§ Mr. BurginThe table to which the hon. Member refers only deals with accidents attributed to pedestrians and the separate figures relating to children under seven years of age only include those cases where the sole or main cause of the accident was considered to be some action on the part of the child. I cannot agree, therefore, that the number of accidents shown in the table as being attributable to pedestrians is unduly weighted.