§ Mr. Stanleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the accidents that have occurred on the A21 Sevenoaks bypass, since it was opened, as a result of vehicles going on to, or across, the central reservation, stating in each case (a) the date of the accident, (b) the location on the Sevenoaks bypass of the accident, (c) the numbers and types of vehicles involved, (d) the number of people injured and (e) the number of people killed.
§ Mr. HoramOn the 4½ miles of the A21 Sevenoaks bypass south of the A25 interchange there were six such accidents in the three-year period ending April 1978. Road accident statistics on the 2½ miles of the A21 north of the A25 inter-change are the responsibility of Kent county council. Detailed records are not retained for longer than three years.
§ Mr. John Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the economic research projects that his Department is currently undertaking giving their objectives, costs and expected date of completion.
§ Mr. William RodgersI am sending my hon. Friend a list of those current research programmes which are wholly or partly economic in character. The total cost of the economic work in these is expected to be about £1.4 million.