HC Deb 12 July 1976 vol 915 cc56-7W
Mr. Pardoe

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the full accident statistics relating to invalid tricycles with manual gearbox, automatic transmission, electrically propelled models and four-wheeled vehicles, respectively, in Wales for the six months ended 31st March 1975 and the year ended 31st March 1976, respectively, listing the information under the categories as published in England since September 1973.

Mr. John Morris

Information in the exact form requested is not available. The total number of accidents reported in Wales was:

Six months ended 31st March Year ended 31st March
1975 1976
Invalid tricycles with manual gearbox 20 31
Invalid tricycles with automatic transmission 56 145
Electrically propelled three wheelers 3 3
Four-wheeled vehicles 52 102

These figures include minor incidents such as scraping a gate post.

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