§ Mr. Pardoeasked the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the proportion and number of road accidents in which defective brakes are a contributory factor.
§ Mr. HoramI regret that the information requested is not available on a national basis because the resources required to conduct the necessary in-depth investigations would be disproportionate to the benefits that might be expected.
However, localised investigations are conducted by the Transport and Road Research Laboratory into the causes of road accidents and I would refer the hon. 308W Member to its leaflet LF 392 Issue 2, published in April 1975, which contains some information on the contribution of vehicle defects to road accidents.