§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many collisions occurred on the Ml motorway in Leicestershire in each of the years from 1965 to 1971 inclusive; how many and what percentage of such accidents
Year Number of accidents* Number and percentage in fog Number and percentage crossing central reservation Number and percentage crossing central reservation in fog 1965 … … … 12 1 Nil Nil 1966 … … … 42 2 2 Nil 1967 … … … 60 Nil 1 Nil 1968 … … … 58 Nil 2 Nil 1969 … … … 76 2 4 Nil 1970 … … … 101 7 6 Nil 1971 … … … 85 1 2 1 Total … … … 434 13(3.0%) 17(3.9%) 1 (0.2%) * Accidents resulting in personal injury.
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many deaths and how many injuries have been caused through accidents on the M1motorway in Leicestershire in each of the months of 1972 for which records are available; how many such accidents
Accidents resulting in personal injury Deaths Injuries Total In fog Crossing central reservation January … … 6 9 7 Nil 1 February … … Nil 10 6 Nil 1 March … … Nil 11 11 Nil 2 Total … … 6 30 24 Nil 4
§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment whether he will order a pilot scheme in that portion of the M1motorway which is in Leicestershire, during the forthcoming autumn and winter, to ascertain whether it would be economically possible to install fog-testing apparatus to warn motorists approaching notorious fog black spots; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. SpeedNo. Suitable fog detecting apparatus is not at present available for such an experiment.