§ 48. Mr. David Clarkasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many of the 34 water undertakings replying to his request for increased recreational use of their reservoirs allow access to the general public to the water's edge, or intend to do so.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsThe answers I received do not provide exact figures for this. Controlled access to reservoirs for sailing and fishing is now fairly common and is increasing, but uncontrolled access to the water by the general public is a different question requiring separate consideration by the individual undertakings, in the light of local conditions.
290Wof road accidents and road casualties in the United Kingdom compares with those in other Western European countries, the United States of America, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, from information available from international sources.
§ Mr. Eldon GriffithsThe table below shows the numbers of injury accidents and casualties in the countries concerned for 1969. Where figures are available casualties are also shown in terms of rates per million vehicle miles.