§ Mr. Lomasasked the Minister of Transport if he will list in table form the total number of road casualties in Great Britain in each year since 1961 to the latest available year, showing the number of accidents, the number and dif-
1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 Number of injury accidents 270,295 264,032 271,531 292,245 299,229 291,733 276,942 Number of casualties—total 349,767 341,696 356,179 385,499 397,937 392,457 369,978 Fatal 6,908 6,709 6,922 7,952 7,952 7,985 7,319 Serious 84,936 83,915 87,776 95,460 97,865 99,838 93,757 Slight 257,923 251,072 261,481 282,219 292,120 284,634 268,902 Number of vehicles involved— total 430,933 421,578 436,967 472,070 484,592 468,211 441,110 Pedal cycles 49,863 45,153 41,679 41,133 37,864 32,480 29,834 Mopeds 6,808 6,169 6,421 8,005 7,312 6,230 5,534 Motor scooters 28,764 28,253 26,893 28,940 27,809 25,093 22,040 Motor cycles 63,048 55,150 51,668 56,674 51,177 43,886 37,535 Cars and taxis 181,273 185,060 203,867 229,163 251,799 257,985 249,375 Public service vehicles 24,235 24,086 23,969 23,975 23,338 21,644 21,119 Goods vehicles— under 1½ tons 41,486 43,907 45,131 46,171 46,822 43,363 39,538 1½—3 tons 13,324 11,256 12,178 11,187 8,999 8,904 7,927 over 3 tons 16,396 16,792 19,004 19,961 22,627 22,376 22,413 Other vehicles 5,736 5,752 6,157 6,861 6,845 6,250 5,795 Number of fatal and serious casualties in hours of darkness* 34,058 34,129 36,399 41,528 42,844 44,952 40,219 * Numbers of accidents in hours of darkness are not readily available; these figures are for numbers of casualties.