§ Mr. Luceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment what proportion of all road accidents involves lorries.
§ Mr. Eldon Griffiths:This information is not available in the precise form re- 152W quested, but of all motor vehicles involved in accidents where personal injuries were sustained, 6.3 per cent. were goods vehicles of over 1½tons unladen weight.
§ Mr. Luceasked the Secretary of State for the Environment of the accidents involving lorries, what proportion is caused by lorries crossing a trunk road or major road diagonally.
§ Mr. Eldon Griffiths:This information is not available.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many accidents occurred on all Staffordshire roads in 1969, 1970 and 1971; and how many fatalities there were in road accidents in Staffordshire in 1969, 1970 and 1971.
§ Mr. Eldon Griffiths:Following are the figures:
Year Number of injury accidents Number of fatalities 1969 5,009 203 1970 4,987 164 1971 4,775 153