HC Deb 27 March 1972 vol 834 cc18-9W
65. Mr. Mather

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many accidents on motorways in the last five years have been attributable to "fog-walls"; and if he will give details of

Casualties
Injury accidents Fatal Serious Slight Total
1969
M1 40 8 57 39 104
M4 8 1 12 12 25
M6 24 4 18 21 43
Other motorways 16 0 15 30 45
Total 88 13 102 102 217
1970
M1 27 10 31 41 82
M4 3 0 1 2 3
M6 9 0 7 22 29
Other motorways 14 0 10 18 28
Total 53 10 49 83 142
Details were not collected in 1967 and 1968; details for 1971 are not yet complete.