HC Deb 27 January 1971 vol 810 c129W
95. Earl of Dalkeith

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many vehicle accident fatalities in each of the last three years are considered to have been due to burst tyres; and what steps he is taking to encourage tyre manufacturers to conduct research into multi-sectional tyres to minimise the risk of such accidents in the future.

Mr. Eldon Griffiths

Statistical information is not available in the form my hon. Friend requests, but special police reports on accidents during 1969 and 1970, in which vehicle defects were considered to be a factor, included 166 fatal accidents. Four of these involved a burst tyre.

I am advised that multi-sectional tyres are unlikely to be a practical answer to this kind of accident.