§ Mr. Berryasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents have taken place near to the pair of motorway junctions listed in his reply to the hon. Member for Southgate of 6th February; and how many of these can be attributed to the proximity of the junctions.
§ Mr. HoramThe following information is available:
Injury accidents in 1977 near and between motorway junctions* Number M6 Junction 7 to Junction 8† 72 M6 Junction 21a to Junction 22 2 M56 Junction 4 to Junction 5 4 M57 A580 Junction to B5192 Junction 3 M61 Junction 1 to Junction 2 17 M61 Junction 2 to Junction 3 17 M62 Junction 12 to Junction 13 18 M63 Junction 1 to Junction 2‡ 6 M63 Junction 3 to Junction 4 6 M531 Junction 1 to Junction 2 — * Includes slip roads † Includes accidents on M5 arms leading to and from M6 ‡ South of Junction 12 (M62) to Junction 2 (M.63). Junction 12 on M62 is also Junction 1 on M.63 I regret that no information is available on how many of these accidents were attributable to the proximity of the junctions.