§ Mr. Fryasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish figures
ACCIDENT RATES BY TYPE OF ROAD AND SEVERITY: GREAT BRITAIN: 1976 per 100 million vehicle kilometres Fatal Serious Slight All severities Motorways and A(M) roads … … 0.8 4 10 15 Other roads:— Built-up areas … … 2.8 37 120 160 Non built-up areas … … 2.2 18 32 52 All roads … … 2.4 26 73 101
§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the number of casualties from road accidents, and the numbers of vehicles involved, in
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CASUALTIES AND VEHICLES INVOLVED, IN ACCIDENTS: BY TYPE OF VEHICLE USED: GREAT BRITAIN: 1975 Number Vehicle used Vehicle user Casualties Vehicles involved in accidents Pedal cycle … … … … … 23,227 24,067 Two-wheeled motor vehicle … … … … … 67,626 69,443 Car and taxi … … … … … 148,853 257,667 Public service vehicle … … … … … 12,805 16,039 Goods vehicle … … … … … 16,567 44,983 Other vehicle* … … … … … 2,086 9,016 None (pedestrian) … … … … … 68,509 — All casualties/vehicles … … … … … 339,673 421,215 * Includes unknown class of road user/type of vehicle involved. relating to coach or public service vehicle accidents in 1976, following the exceptional figures for 1975 which resulted from two severe accidents.
§ Mr. HoramIn 1976 there were 15,805 injury accidents involving public service vehicles, as compared with 16,659 such accidents in 1975. The numbers of casualties among drivers and passengers of these vehicles were as follows:
Public service vehicle user casualties, by injury severity: Great Britain: 1975 and 1976. Number Severity of injury 1975 1976 Killed … 115 69 Seriously injured … 1,540 1,296 Slightly injured … 12,823 11,440 All severities … 14,478 12,805
§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the rates of road accidents per 100 million vehicle kilometres in Great Britain in 1976 on motorways and A (M) roads, in built up areas, in non built up areas, and on all roads.
§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give an estimate of the average cost per road accident in Great Britain in 1976, broken down into fatal accidents, serious accidents, slight accidents and damage only accidents.
§ Mr. HoramThe information is as follows:
AVERAGE COST PER ACCIDENT JUNE 1976 PRICES (Provisional figures) Fatal accident … £47,300 Serious accident … £3,240 Slight accident … £550 Damage only accident … £240
§ Mr. Dudley Smithasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give an estimate of the cost of road accidents in Great Britain in 1976, broken down into lost output, police and administration, medical and ambulance, damage to property, and allowance for loss in human terms.
§ Mr. HoramThe total cost of road accidents in Great Britain in 1976 is provisionally estimated to have been at least £970 million in 1976 prices. This total can be broken down as follows: lost output, £237 million; costs of police and administration, £63 million; medical and ambulance costs, £30 million; damage to property £447 million; allowance for loss in human terms, £193 million.