§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) 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 England for the years ended 30th September 1973, 1974, 1975 and the six months ended 31st March 1976, respectively, listing the information under the categories as supplied by his Department for the publication in Motor magazine on 14th August 1974;
(2) if he will publish in the Official Report the incidence of drivers injured in accidents involving invalid tricycles with manual gearbox, automatic transmission and electrically-propelled models, respectively, in England for the years ended 30th September 1973, 1974, 1975 and the six months ended 31st March 1976, respectively, under each appropriate type.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisThe information relating to the years ended 30th September 1973, 1974 and 1975 is set out in my reply to my hon. Friend on 29th October 1975—[Vol. 898, c.522–6]. Following is the information relating to the six months ended 31st March 1976:
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ACCIDENTS INVOLVING DEPARTMENTAL CARS AND THREE-WHEELERS—ENGLAND 1ST OCTOBER 1975–31ST MARCH 1976 Collision with another vehicle or pedestrian Collision with immovable object Overturned (including those allegedly blown over) Others including theft, vandalism, damaged whilst parked Type of vehicle Vehicles at risk (000)* Total accidents Manoeuvring Travelling Manoeuvring Travelling Fire Fatalities Model 70 3-wheelers … 10.8 1,704 409 494 304 165 85 1 246 6 Other petrol 3-wheelers … 9.0 556 166 205 39 41 16 0 89 2 Electric 3-wheelers … 1.3 78 16 22 20 5 3 0 12 0 All 3-wheelers … 21.1 2,338 591 721 363 211 104 1 347 8 Departmental Cars … 10.2 945 313 340 52 39 1 4 196 0
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INJURY INVOLVING DEPARTMENTAL CARS AND THREE-WHEELERS—ENGLAND Collision with another vehicle or pedestrian Collision with immovable object Overturned (including those allegedly blown over) Others including theft, vandalism, damaged whilst parked Type of vehicle Vehicles at risk (000)* Total accidents Manoeuvring Travelling Manoeuvring Travelling Fire wheelers— All accident injuries … — 251 22 124 5 61 38 0 1 Minor cuts, bruises, concussion … — 195 17 92 3 51 31 0 1 Severe cuts, bruises etc. … — 40 5 20 1 9 5 0 0 Broken ribs/limb necessitating admission to hospital — 15 0 11 1 1 2 0 0 Serious multiple injuries … — 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Fatalities … — 8 0 7 0 0 1 0 0 Departmental Cars— All accident injuries … — 69 12 48 2 5 0 0 2 Minor cuts, bruises, concussion … — 43 9 28 1 3 0 0 2 Severe cuts, bruises, etc. … — 12 3 8 0 1 0 0 0 Broken ribs/limb necessitating admission to hospital — 12 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 Serious multiple injuries … — 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 Fatalities … — 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * Including reserve fleet. Manoeuvring—DHSS vehicle in collision manoeuvring while parking. Travelling—DHSS vehicle in collision while travelling on public road.
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of injury accidents per 1,000 disabled drivers and the accident involvement rate resulting in injury to drivers per 100 million miles, on the same basis as set out in the Ombudsman's report for, invalid tricycles, four-wheeled vehicles issued by his Department and normal cars, respectively, for the years ended 30th September 1973, 1974, 1975
Injury accidents—all types reported in the six months ended 31st March 1976 3-Wheelers DHSS Cars Per 1,000 drivers* … … … 13 7 Per 100 million miles (including reserve vehicles) … … … 823 219 * These are net figures indicating the numbers of drivers at risk at the end of the period which is smaller than the total number of drivers at risk at any time during the period. The figure for DHSS car drivers does not include additional drivers who may share the driving with either the disabled person to whom the car is issued or the person nominated to drive for him. The number of such drivers is not known. Because they are required for different purposes, the injury accident statistics for all cars and taxis collected by the DOE have a different basis from those collected by DHSS. Since 1st January 1974 DOE has separately identified injury accidents involving DHSS three-wheeler drivers but not those involving drivers of DHSS cars. The following DOE figures are for Great Britain:
Driver casualties per 1,000 drivers* Driver casualties per 100 million miles Year ended 31st December Year ended 31st December 1974 1975 1974 1975 All cars and taxis … … … … 4 4† 67 64† DHSS three-wheelers … … … … 15‡ Not yet available 450 Not yet available * The figures for all cars and taxis are related to all holders of a full licence at 30th September. † Provisional figures. ‡ These are net figures indicating the number of drivers at risk at the end of the period which is smaller than the total number of drivers at risk at any time during the period.
§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list full details of the single-seater four-wheeled version of the Model 70 invalid tricycle currently being prepared by his Department for introduction in 1977, listing the total development costs, the proposed cost per vehicle to the taxpayer, whether the engines are still being purchased from Austria, suspension assemblies from Italy and automatic transmission parts from America, respectively.
§ Mr. Alfred MorrisI would refer my hon. Friend to my reply to the hon. Member for Merioneth (Mr. Thomas) on 12th April.—[Vol. 909, c.423.]