Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many persons
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NUMBER OF VEHICLES INVOLVED: GREAT BRITAIN 1975 1976 1977 Fatal accidents Serious accidents Fatal accidents Serious accidents Fatal accidents Serious accidents Cars and taxis 5,324 60,019 5,554 62,231 5,579 64,793 Articulated goods vehicles—over 1½ tons unladen weight 251 971 244 882 246 914 Other goods vehicles 1,415 10,978 1,401 10,759 1,390 10,733 have received serious but not fatal accidents annually during the past three years as a consequence of the jack-knifing of road vehicles;
(2) how many fatalities have occurred annually during the past three years as a consequence of the jack-knifing of road vehicles.
§ Mr. HoramI regret that the information is not available in the precise form requested. The following information is available:
GOODS VEHICLES REPORTED AS JACK-KNIFING: GREAT BRITAIN Fatal accidents Serious accidents 1975 29 153 1976 40 143 1977 23 130 It is not possible to distinguish between cases in which jack-knifing led to the accident and cases in which jack-knifing resulted from it.
Mr. Tom Ellisasked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what proportion of road accidents resulting in fatal injuries in each of the last three years involved (a) only private saloon cars, (b) private saloon cars and commercial goods vehicles other than articulated ones, (c) only commercial goods vehicles, (d) only articulated vehicles, and (e) articulated vehicles and other vehicles;
(2) what proportion of road accidents resulting in serious personal but non-fatal injury in each of the last three years involved (a) only private saloon cars, (b) private saloon cars and commercial goods vehicles other than articulated ones, (c) only commercial goods vehicles, (d) only articulated vehicles, and (e) articulated vehicles and other vehicles.
§ Mr. HoramI regret that this information is not available in the precise form requested. The following information is available:
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Mr. Jim Callaghanasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were killed in road accidents in the Greater Manchester county districts in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. HoramStatistics of road accidents and casualties in local areas are a matter for the local authority concerned. I suggest that my hon. Friend gets in touch with the Greater Manchester county council which is the local highway authority.