§ Mr. Leslie Thomasasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the number of accidents in 1953 in which London Transport omnibuses were involved; and what were the comparable figures for 1951 and 1947.
§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe desired information is as follows:
Number of Accidents Central Buses 1947 29,800 1951 32,101 1953 29,742 Trolleybuses 1947 12,052 1951 11,975 1953 10,831 Country Buses 1947 3,575 1951 3,307 1953 2,964 Total of above forms of transport. 1947 45,427 1951 47,383 1953 43,537 The above figures comprise all forms of operational and passenger accidents reported to London Transport Executive, who state that the great majority of them were trivial.