§ Sir G. Foxasked the Minister of War Transport if he is aware of the dangerous form of lighting on the Henley Fair Mile road at night and of a recent fatal accident following the re-lighting of the road; whether he will call for a report by his Department with recommendations on the lighting, particularly during wet weather; and if he will take steps to ensure that the road is safely lit in future.
§ Mr. StraussThe responsibility for the lighting of this road rests on the Henley-upon-Thames Borough Council. I propose to discuss with the council the question whether the present system of lighting needs to be altered in the interests of road safety.
§ Sir G. Foxasked the Minister of War Transport the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents at night on the Henley Fair Mile in the last ten years respectively, indicating those dates when there was no lighting, wartime screening of street lights and lights as at present, respectively.
§ Mr. StraussI regret that no information is available about accidents on the Henley Fair Mile before 1941. There were three non-fatal accidents on the road at night in 1941; one in 1943; two in 1944, and five in 1945; and one fatal accident during the current year. There have been a number of changes in the lighting of the road, and with the hon. Member's permission I will send him the information for which he has asked