§ 36. Mr. David Priceasked the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how 73W many collisions at sea are known by his Department to have taken place in the English Channel for each year from 1962–72; how many in each year involved British-registered ships, French-registered ships and ships flying flags of convenience, respectively; and what, if any, was the loss of life in each year.
§ Mr. OnslowThe comparative table below shows the information available to my Department for those years relating to ships registered in the United Kingdom and France and the total numbers
COLLISIONS AT SEA IN THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 1962–72 Year Collisions involving U.K.-registered ships Collisions involving French ships Total collisions known to the Department Total deaths known to the Department 1962 … … 15 1 26 33* 1963 … … 11 2 18 2 1964 … … 23 7 39 — 1965 … … 14 1 23 2 1966 … … 6 2 13 6 1967 … … 9 — 13 — 1968 … … 12 4 23 — 1969 … … 11 2 21 5 1970 … … 7 1 16 3 1971 … … 5 4 21 15† 1972 … … 3 1 12 — Totals … … 116 25 225 66 *28 from 1 Yugoslav ship. † 10 from 1 Greek ship.