HC Deb 18 May 1950 vol 475 cc182-3W
109. Mr. Renton

asked the Minister of Transport what percentage of road accidents in 1949 are estimated to have been due wholly or mainly to dogs getting in the way of motor vehicles.

Mr. Barnes

During 1949, 2,187 road accidents causing death or personal injury were reported by the police as being primarily due to dogs being on the carriageway, and this figure was 1½per cent. of the total of such accidents.