Vehicle Exhaust Fumes (Deaths)

HC Deb 17 February 1966 vol 724 c299W

Mr. Hobden

asked the Minister of Health if he will give an estimate of deaths in this country caused annually by vehicle exhaust fumes.

Mr. K. Robinson

The numbers of deaths in England and Wales assigned in recent years to I.C.D.^* category E.891, "Accidental poisoning by motor vehicles exhaust gas", are as follows:

1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
12	15	17	23	26

In the same years, the following numbers of deaths were assigned to I.C.D. ^* category E.973, "Suicide and self-inflicted injury by other gases":

1960	1961	1962	1963	1964
102	119	117	125	143
* International Classification of Diseases

It is known that the great majority of these deaths were caused by motor vehicle exhaust gas.