§ Mr. Farrasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will now request the Motor Industry Research Association to publish the MIRA report relating to the wind performance of the Model 70 invalid tricycle, by deleting information prejudicial to commercial confidentiality, as an alternative to the synopsis prepared by her Department and placed in the Library on 25th March 1974.
§ Sir George Youngasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will request the Motor Industry Research Association to publish the full wind test report of the Model 70 invalid tricycle, having deleted information prejudicial to commercial confidentiality, as an alternative to the synopsis made available.
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will request the Motor Industries Research Association to publish, in addition to the synopsis prepared by her Department, the full wind gust test report on the Model 70 invalid tricycle after the deletion of commercially confidential information.
§ Mr. Alfred Morris:The synopsis already published discloses the relevant information derived from these tests as explicitly as is possible without breach of commercial confidence. Presenting this information in a different way would add nothing to knowledge about the Department's vehicle.
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the full accident statistics relating to motor invalid tricycles with manually operated gearbox, motor invalid tricycles with automatic tranmission, electrically propelled invalid tricycles and four-wheeled vehicles, respectively, in England for the years ended 30th September 1973 and 1974, listing the information under the categories as supplied by her Department for publication in Motor magazine on 14th August 1974.
§ Mr. Alfred Morris:The information relating to the year ended 30th September 1974 is:
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Collisions with other vehicles or pedestrians Collisions with immovable object Number of vehicles Number of reported incidents Vehicle manoeuvring whilst parking, etc. Vehicle travelling on public road Vehicle travelling manoeuvring whilst parking, etc. Vehicle travelling on public road Overturned including those allegedly blown over Fire Others including vandalism, theft, broken windscreens and damage whilst parked Fatalities 1A 1B 2A 2B 3 4 5 6 Three-wheelers: Model 70 (Automatic) … 6,552 2,502 620 700 593 187 175 0 227 0 Others (Manual) … 13,863* 2,315 702 872 282 111 105 3 240 4 Electric … 2,015* 213 60 50 64 14 3 0 22 0 Total … 22,430 5.030 1,382 1,622 939 312 283 3 489 4 CARS … 9,261 1,820 442 869 164 35 4 8 298 6 * Includes reserve fleets of 2,000 petrol three-wheelers and 300 electric three-wheelers. 268W269W
REPORTED INJURIES Minor cuts, bruises, concussion, etc.A1 Severe cuts, bruises, etc.A2 Broken ribs, limbs, etc., necessitating admission to hospital A3 Serious multiple injuries A4 Totals Included in figures in column Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars 1A … … 12 123 3 0 4 2 1 0 20 5 1B … … 142 36 48 21 33 7 5 2 228 66 2A … … 14 8 1 2 0 2 0 0 15 12 2B … … 44 3 7 1 3 2 0 0 54 6 3 … … 86 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 102 1 5 … … 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 TOTALS … … 293 55 67 24 40 13 6 2 419 94 Comparable information for the year ended 30th September 1973 is not available.
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what records are kept by her Department relating to the incidence of accidents to motor invalid tricycles with manual gearbox and automatic transmission, respectively, which involved faulty throttles, broken drive belts, fires, sliding seat breaking loose, door bursting open, bonnet flying open, petrol tank fracturing, wheelchair fouling steering column and steering bar jamming.
§ Mr. Alfred Morris:Statistics are not maintained in this form, but my hon. Friend can be assured that all accidents involving such failures are appraised indiindividually to see whether potential causes of future accidents can be eliminated.