HC Deb 27 January 1970 vol 794 cc305-6W
Mr. Gresham Cooke

asked the Minister of Transport what was the accident rate for fatal, serious, slight and all injury accidents for motorways and for trunk and principal roads, respectively, in Great Britain for the latest convenient period.

Mr. Bob Brown

The information is not available in the precise form requested. The following rates are the most recent available:

ACCIDENTS PER HUNDRED MILLION MOTOR VEHICLE MILES
Fatal accidents (1968) Serious accidents (1968) Slight accidents (1966) All injury accidents (1966)
Motorways 2 10 24 40
A roads 6 56 173 251
B roads 5 64 185 271

Trunk and principal roads are mainly A roads: a small proportion are B roads.

Rates for slight and for all injury accidents are given for 1966, data not being available for 1968. With the subsequent general fall in accident rates they will be higher than the equivalent rates for 1968.