HC Deb 01 February 1977 vol 925 c121W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in the light of the recently announced cuts in public expenditure, he will indicate his plans for the proposed bypass of Ormskirk.

Mr. Horam

The likely timing for such a scheme cannot be forecast with any

Casualties Injury accidents
Killed Injured All Fatal Injury All
(a) M1-London-Leicester—
1971 57 1,051 1,108 41 496 537
1972 51 1,147 1,198 32 527 559
1973 33 917 950 27 545 572
1974 26 920 946 18 480 498
1975 42 905 947 30 493 523
(b) Two lane section between junctions 5 and 7—
1971 6 108 114 5 35 40
1972 2 116 118 2 48 50
1973 96 96 62 62
1974 74 74 42 42
1975 1 62 63 1 37 38
(c) Percentage on two lane section—
1971 10.5 10.3 10.3 12.2 7.1 7.4
1972 3.9 10.1 9.8 6.3 9.1 8.9
1973 10.5 10.1 11.4 10.8
1974 8.0 7.8 8.8 8.4
1975 2.4 6.9 6.7 3.3 7.5 7.3