HC Deb 16 October 1973 vol 861 c137W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children of school age were killed through accidents during the 1973 school summer holiday period, and how this compares with the previous five years.

Mr. Gordon Campbell

Information is not available precisely in the form requested; the numbers of deaths in Scotland of children aged 5 and under 15 from all accidents, and from road vehicle accidents separately, registered in the months of July and August in each of the last six years, are given in the table below:—

Deaths in Scotland of children aged 5 and under 15 from—
All Accidents Road Vehicle Accidents
July/August
1963 37 25
1969 31 14
1970 26 15
1971 32 19
1972 33 11
1973 31 19

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