HC Deb 28 February 1972 vol 832 cc55-6W
Mr. Hooson

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the figures for road casualties in the 13 counties and the three county boroughs of Wales during 1971 and demonstrate whether the figures are a percentage in-

County or County Borough 1971 Injured 1970 Injured Overall percentage increase or decrease 1971 over 1970
Killed Serious Slight Total Killed Serious Slight Total
Anglesey 10 155 296 461 7 154 300 461 Nil
Breconshire 15 169 215 399 20 211 272 503 -20.7
Caernarvonshire 22 256 645 925 13 313 572 898 +2.8
Cardiganshire 11 186 193 390 7 146 224 377 +3.4
Carmarthenshire 23 457 624 1,104 17 421 686 1,124 -1.8
Denbighshire 30 413 953 1,396 36 428 921 1,385 +0.8
Flintshire 43 423 867 1,333 38 424 875 1,337 -0.3
Glamorgan 95 1,430 2,663 4,188 82 1,457 2,615 4,154 +0.8
Cardiff C.B. 26 504 1,223 1,753 16 580 1,246 1,842 -4.8
Merthyr C.B. 4 97 154 255 8 109 166 283 -9.9
Swansea C.B. 16 235 662 913 19 215 648 882 +3.5
Merioneth 6 142 202 350 9 139 197 345 +1.4
Monmouthshire 43 566 1,290 1,899 37 531 1,267 1,835 +3.5
Newport C.B. 10 184 400 594 13 207 432 652 -8.9
Montgomeryshire 10 148 206 364 12 155 197 364 Nil
Pembrokeshire 17 247 292 556 24 302 383 709 -21.6
Radnorshire Nil 40 63 103 6 55 74 135 -23.7
WALES—TOTALS 381 5,652 10,948 16,981 364 5,847 11,075 17,286 -1.8

A breakdown of casualty figures for Counties and County Boroughs is not readily available for earlier years.

crease or decrease when compared with previous years.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The figures for 1971 are provisional while those for 1970 are final. Since the two tables are therefore not strictly comparable a percentage comparison would not be appropriate.

Following is the information:

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