§ Mr. Redmondasked the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will give the accident rate for the Ml in 1972 and how this compares with rural A roads.
§ Mr. PeytonInformation for 1972 is not yet available. Following are estimates of personal injury accidents per thousand million vehicle miles in 1971:
Ml … … 350 l A Roads … … 1,000
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many people were injured in road accidents in England and Wales in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. PeytonFollowing are the figures:
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1968 … 318,551 1969 … 321,990 1970 … 332,132 1971 … 320,827 1972 … 328,023
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many fatal accidents there were per mile of motorway in England in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. PeytonFollowing are the figures:
Year Fatal Accidents per mile of motorway in England 1963 … … … … 0.16 1964 … … … … 0.25 1965 … … … … 0.27 1966 … … … … 0.17 1967 … … … … 0.24 1968 … … … … 0.22 1969 … … … … 0.25 1970 … … … … 0.20 1971 … … … … 0.21 1972 … … … … 0.19