§ Mr. Ll. Williamsasked the Minister of Transport (1) if he will give the number of deaths caused by road accidents for 130W each year since 1947 in England and Wales;
(2) if he will give the number of road accidents in England and Wales for each year since 1947.
§ Mr. MarplesThe number of deaths caused by road accidents in England and Wales for each year since 1947 is shown in the table below.
I regret that figures showing the number of road accidents in England and Wales are not available. Statistics of road accidents involving death or injury in Great Britain as a whole are available from 1949 onwards and there is information about the number of casualties in road accidents in England and Wales for each year since 1947. These are given in the table.
ROAD ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES, 1947 TO 1960 Great Britain England and Wales Year Number of accidents involving death or injury Number of casualties (killed and injured) Number killed 1947 not available 151,544 4,327 1948 not available 139,762 3,979 1949 146,736 162,073 4,238 1950 166,592 185,469 4,483 1951 178,409 199,598 4,706 1952 171,757 191,465 4,221 1953 186,304 208,427 4,511 1954 195 716 219,380 4,465 1955 216,681 247,023 4,916 1956 216,172 246,501 4,827 1957 218,653 252,441 5,000 1958 237,265 276,937 5,365 1959 261,216 308,442 5,917 1960 271,787 321,243 6,322