HC Deb 10 March 1965 vol 708 cc110-2W
Mr. Hector Hughes

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pedestrians were killed and injured by motor cars on Scottish roads, indicating the relevant counties, during each of the last 12 months; and what steps he has taken and plans to take to reduce the number of these casualties.

Mr. Ross

Engineering, enforcement, education and research all play their part in the action taken by the Government and the local authorities to reduce the toll of pedestrian accidents. I hope also that the National Road Safety Advisory Council, to the setting up of which my right hon. Friend, the Minister of Transport referred on 23rd December, will be able to assist us in these matters.

The following are the figures by police areas:

NUMBERS OF PEDESTRIANS KILLED OR INJURED BY MOTOR VEHICLES ON SCOTTISH ROADS DURING THE 12 MONTHS, JANUARY-DECEMBER, 1964
Jan. 1964 Feb. 1964 Mar. 1964 Apr. 1964 May 1964 June 1964 July 1964 Aug. 1964 Sept. 1964 Oct. 1964 Nov. 1964 Dec. 1964 Total
K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I. K. I.
Scottish North Eastern Counties 2 19 12 18 1 15 1 20 2 16 22 1 17 26 2 23 1 16 19 10 223
Aberdeen City 1 26 16 13 15 19 2 19 22 28 2 29 34 26 27 5 274
Angus County 1 2 1 6 5 9 6 7 1 10 12 1 13 7 7 7 4 91
Dundee City 3 26 3 21 1 22 19 1 28 1 14 29 31 1 19 29 1 31 1 37 12 306
Argyll County 2 2 1 1 4 1 11 7 5 6 1 4 4 1 48
Ayr County 16 3 20 22 4 11 2 23 1 31 4 34 1 31 2 22 1 27 2 19 15 20 271
Ayr Burgh 4 3 3 5 2 1 9 2 5 6 5 8 53
Kilmarnock Burgh 1 2 5 6 2 1 5 5 1 3 1 6 11 1 6 3 53
Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk 5 6 8 3 13 4 8 6 7 3 2 7 5 2 75
Caithness County 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 6 3 2 1 1 1 3 25
Dumfries and Galloway 1 6 7 6 15 9 12 16 8 12 2 7 8 7 3 113
Dunbarton County 24 2 26 1 22 2 22 21 1 23 15 38 2 24 20 1 19 32 9 286
Fife County 21 24 28 22 1 34 30 3 31 1 24 1 31 1 36 1 33 3 33 11 347
Inverness County 6 3 3 2 5 2 4 2 10 6 3 1 5 2 50
Inverness Burgh 2 9 2 1 4 1 5 4 2 2 1 4 1 5 2 41
Lanark County 6 33 3 47 1 46 1 56 1 58 2 40 4 33 49 4 77 6 47 2 53 7 56 37 595
Airdrie Burgh 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 7 7 1 26
Coatbridge Burgh 4 1 5 5 5 6 7 1 7 6 8 5 10 1 5 3 73
Glasgow City 8 168 10 189 5 206 10 217 9 209 4 165 6 155 4 189 8 202 8 245 6 247 11 238 89 2,430
Hamilton Burgh 6 5 3 4 1 10 3 3 1 3 4 3 8 1 3 3 55
Motherwell and Wishaw 16 9 13 1 8 14 12 5 13 2 15 1 17 3 10 7 132
Lothians and Peebles 4 27 1 25 2 17 3 20 2 28 2 41 1 24 1 15 1 32 2 19 1 36 2 24 22 308
Edinburgh City 1 63 3 53 2 76 76 1 74 2 64 68 5 87 5 74 2 85 5 77 2 90 28 887
Orkney County 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 14
Perth and Kinross 3 8 1 8 1 14 12 8 14 16 20 1 16 3 10 1 11 2 9 12 146
Renfrew and Bute 2 14 2 23 20 1 20 2 25 1 17 23 33 1 12 1 26 16 26 10 255
Greenock Burgh 4 5 9 8 10 3 7 9 5 2 12 1 8 9 3 89
Paisley Burgh 3 22 1 21 11 2 21 1 17 1 13 16 1 11 1 14 26 20 1 30 11 222
Ross and Sutherland 5 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 5 1 3 4 1 3 3 35
Stirling and Clackmannan 2 19 1 40 22 1 14 1 32 2 29 28 26 2 24 38 32 2 30 11 334
Zetland County 1 1 1 1 1 3
TOTAL 39 555 32 596 14 608 28 612 24 686 22 597 20 612 18 684 34 693 35 745 27 730 36 742 329 7,860