§ Mr. Skeetasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will indicate the number of people killed in Bedfordshire in the last year for which figures are available, detailing the figures that arise from industrial accidents, road accidents, accidental deaths in homes and deaths resulting from a criminal act.
§ Mr. AlisonI have been asked to reply.
247WDuring 1972 there were 86 deaths (provisional figure) from non-transport accidents in Bedfordshire, including Luton County Borough. Of these three resulted from accidents at work, 41 followed accidents at home or residential institutions, and 12 as a result of accidents at locations other than place of work or home. In the remaining 30 cases, the place of the accident was not specified.
Road accidents accounted for 62 deaths, and two people died as a result of criminal acts.