HC Deb 09 July 1974 vol 876 cc446-7W
Mr. Hatton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many motor cyclists and scooter riders have died and have been seriously injured because accidents happened due to other drivers not seeing them in time; and if he will distinguish each category during the period since the wearing of a crash helmet was made compulsory.

Mr. Mulley

No information is available on the number of accidents due to specific causes.

Mr. Hatton

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many motor cyclists and scooter riders, respectively, have died and have been seriously injured because of injuries to the head since the wearing of a crash helmet was made compulsory; and how many died or were seriously injured before the wearing of crash helmets was made compulsory.

Mr. Mulley

Information on injuries to specific parts of the body is not available, but I would refer my hon. Friend to the answers given in reply to similar Questions from my hon. Friend the Member for Bebington and Ellesmere Port (Mr. Bates) on 4th April—[Vol. 871, c.426]—and from the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. MacFarlane) on 24th June 1974.