HC Deb 12 April 1973 vol 854 c330W
Mr. Knox

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many fatal accidents there were per mile of motorway in Staffordshire in each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Peyton

Following are the figures:

1963 … … … … 0.06
1964 … … … … 0.50
1965 … … … … 0.23
1966 … … … … 0.12
1967 … … … … 0.35
1968 … … … … 0.20
1969 … … … … 0.31
1970 … … … … 0.21
1971 … … … … 0.19
1972 … … … … 0.34

The wide variability in this accident rate is due to the relatively small numbers involved.