HC Deb 28 March 1956 vol 550 cc193-4W
Mr. Patrick Maitland

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the average number of accidents per mile on the Carlisle-Glasgow highway each year since the war, and the corresponding figures for the mile from the Dumfriesshire border into Lanarkshire, and for the mile embracing the village of Crawford, respectively.

Mr. Watkinson

I regret that figures for the years 1946–1948 are not available. The following are the figures reported by the police for the years 1949–1955:

TABLE 1
AVERAGE NUMBER OF ACCIDENTS PER MILE ON THE CARLISLE-GLASGOW ROAD* (A.74)
Year Accidents per mile Total
Accidents causing personal injury Accidents not causing personal injury
1949 2.21 3.46 5.67
1950 2.50 4.95 7.45
1951 2.86 5.75 8.61
1952 2.63 5.25 7.88
1953 3.02 5.73 8.75
1954 3.41 5.96 9.37
1955 3.60 7.62 11.22
* The road distance from the Carlisle city boundary to the Glasgow city boundary is 90.5 miles.

TABLE 2
ACCIDENTS ON THE MILE OF A.74 FROM THE DUMFRIESSHIRE BORDER INTO LANARKSHIRE
Year Accidents causing personal injury Accidents not causing personal injury Total
1949 2 3 5
1950 3 4 7
1951 1 2 3
1952 2 6 8
1953 1 5 6
1954 3 6 9
1955 5 8 13

TABLE 3
Accidents on the mile of A.74 centred on the village of Crawford, Lanarkshire
Year Accidents causing personal injury Accidents not causing personal injury Total
1949 7 10 17
1950 5 15 20
1951 2 19 21
1952 3 19 22
1953 5 15 20
1954 2 16 18
1955 8 20 28

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