§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many persons were killed and how many seriously injured in the year 1970 on the section of the M1 motorway between Kegworth in Leicestershire and Pinxton in Nottinghamshire; and how this accident record compares with the average number of accidents per mile over the motorway system as a whole in that year.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsI regret to say that eight persons were killed and 24 seriously injured on this 19-mile stretch in 1970, i.e. 1.68 killed and seriously injured per mile. Comparable figures for the whole motorway system for 1970 are not yet available.