§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report any records relating to accidents where mechanical or design factors appeared to be the cause, in the form that they are kept by her Department, for motor invalid tricycles with manual gearbox and automatic transmission, respectively, in England for the years ended 30th September 1973 and 1974, respectively.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisOnly rarely is it suggested that a mechanical defect may have contributed to an accident. Records of such opinions are not kept. All mechanical and design faults, however brought to light, are investigated individually by the Department's engineers, who take appropriate action.
§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the accident statistics relating to motor invalid tricycles with manual gearbox, automatic transmission, electrically propelled tricycles and fourwheeled vehicles, respectively, in England for the six months ended 31st March 1975, listing the categories supplied by her Department for publication in Motor magazine on 14th August 1974.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe information relating to the six months ended 31st March 1975 is as follows: 271W
Collisions with other vehicles or pedestrians Collisions with immovable object 3 4 5 6 Number of vehicles Number of reported incidents 1A Vehicle manoeuvring whilst parking etc 1B Vehicle traveling on public road 2A Vehicle manoeuvring whilst parking etc 2B Vehicle traveling on public road Overturned including those allegedly blown over Fire Others including vandalism theft, broken windscreens and damage whilst parked Fatalities Three-wheelers: Model 70(Automatic) … 7,865 1,412 439 432 237 136 76 0 92 4 Others (Manual) … … 11,197* 860 333 315 65 52 24 3 68 1 Electric … … … 1,630* 98 28 24 33 6 1 0 6 0 TOTAL … … 20,692 2,370 800 771 335 194 101 3 166 5 CARS … … … … 9,506 948 386 344 44 37 2 1 134 0 *Excludes reserve fleets of 2,000 petrol three-wheelers and 300 electric three-wheelers. 272W
REPORTED INJURIES A1 A2 A3 A4 Included in figures in column Minor cuts, bruises, concussion, etc, Severe cuts, bruises, etc. Broken ribs, limbs etc. necessitating admission to hospital Serious multiple injuries Totals Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars Three-wheelers Cars 1A … … 16 6 1 2 0 1 0 0 17 9 1B … … 78 15 26 5 15 3 2 1 121 24 2A … … 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 1 2B … … 35 10 7 2 9 2 0 1 51 15 3 … … 30 0 4 0 2 0 0 0 36 0 5 … … 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Totals … 167 32 38 9 27 6 2 2 234 49