§ Mr. Muddasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish the figures for each of the years 1970 to 1977, respecting the number of accident-case pedestrians admitted to hospital displaying obvious conditions of an excessive consumption of alcohol;
(2) if he will publish the figures for each of the years 1970 to 1977, respecting the number of hospital admissions by victims of accidents in the home attributable to an excessive consumption of alcohol.
§ Mr. Moyle:Information in the form requested is not available. A Transport and Road Research Laboratory Study —TRRL Supplementary Report 332—covering the West Midlands metropolitan area during the period 1st January 1969 to 31st December 1975 suggests that over 20 per cent. of adult pedestrians killed in 69W road traffic accidents had blood alcohol concentrations higher than 80 mg per 100 ml.