§ Mr. Greville Jannerasked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many accidents are estimated to have been caused in each of the last five years for which records are available as a result of vehicles crossing the central reservation of motorways and of dual carriageways, respectively; how many people were killed and how many were injured as a result of such accidents; how many and what percentage of the vehicles which crossed the central reservations were motor cars, lorries, articulated vehicles and coaches, respectively; and how many and what percentage of the drivers of each category of such vehicles were killed and injured.
§ Mr. CarmichaelIn 1970 there were 307 injury accidents in which a vehicle500W crossed the central reservation of a motorway. The corresponding figure in 1971 was 266 injury accidents in which 72 persons were killed and 556 injured. Further information is not readily available. By the end of 1974 safety barriers had been installed on over 90 per cent. of the motorway system.