§ Mr. Patrick Maitlandasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation how many accidents, fatal and non-fatal, respectively, have occurred each year since the war at Birkwood Bridge, Blackwood, in the county of Lanark, on the main Carlisle—Glasgow trunk road.
§ Mr. Boyd-Carpenterhe numbers of accidents at Birkwood Bridge reported during the years 1949 to 1954 are given in the table below. I am afraid that comparable figures for the years 1946 to 1948 are not available.
Year Accidents involving personal injury Accidents not involving personal injury Fatal Non-Fatal 1949 … — — 2 1950 … — 1 4 1951 … — 1 5 1952 … — — 1 1953 … — 2 5 1954 … — — 6 Total … — 4 23