§ Mr. Arnold Shawasked the Secretary of State for Transport what were the number of (a) fatal accidents, (b) accidents causing serious injury, and (c) accidents causing minor injury involving pedal cyclists in the years 1970, 1976 and 1977, respectively.
§ Mr. HoramI regret the information is not readily available in the precise form requested. The following information is available:
PEDAL CYCLE CASUALTIES BY SEVERITY: GREAT BRITAIN 1970 1976 1977 Killed 373 300 301 Seriously injured 5,253 4,631 4,723 Slightly injured 17,480 18,296 18,429 All severities 23,106 23,227 23,453