§ 42. Mr. Masonasked the Secretary of State for Air whether a decision has yet been taken about the period of service of the Thor weapon, and the extent to which the present sites and supporting services will be necessary on their present scale.
§ Mr. AmeryI have nothing to add to what I said about Thor on 31st January and in the Air Estimates debate.
I. ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES ON THE A.21 BETWEEN STARTS HILL AND GREEN STREET GREEN ROUND-ABOUT DURING COMPARABLE CALENDAR PERIODS BEFORE AND DURING THE FARNBOROUGH WAY EXPERIMENT Period Number of personal injury accidents Casualties Killed Seriously Injured Slightly Injured Total 19th June, 1960 to 18th March, 1961 … 19 3 5 28 36 19th June, 1961 to 18th March, 1962 … 22 1 9 32 42 Note: The Farnborough Way experiment came into operation on 19th June, 1961.
II. ACCIDENTS AND CASUALTIES ON THE A.21 AT THE JUNCTIONS OF SHIRE LANE AND FARNBOROUGH HILL WITH FARNBOROUGH WAY DURING COMPARABLE CALENDAR PERIODS BEFORE AND DURING THE FARNBOROUGH WAY EXPERIMENT Period Number of personal injury accidents Casualties Killed Seriously Injured Slightly Injured Total 19th June, 1960 to 18th March, 1961 … 6 3 — 12 15 19th June, 1961 to 18th March, 1962 … 5 1 3 5 9