§ Mr. Peter Robinsonasked the Minister of Transport if he will give an estimate of the number of cars for 100 householders in each region of the United Kingdom 1978 and the number of accidents for 100 cars in each region in 1978.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe number of cars per 100 households and the number of accidents involving injury per 100 cars are given below for 1977. The latter figures include accidents to cars based outside the region. Figures for 1978 are not available.
Region cars per 100 households Injury accidents per 100 Cars Northern. 59 1.9 Yorkshire and Humberside 59 2.0 East Midlands 75 1.8 East Anglia 81 1.6 South East 75 2.2 South West 81 1.6 West Midlands 72 1.8 North West 61 1.9 Wales 72 1.6 Scotland 54 2.3 Great Britain 69 2.0 Road accident statistics for Northern Ireland are compiled by the Royal Ulster Constabulary for which a corresponding estimate is 1.6 injury accidents per 100 cars. There are 65 cars per 100 households.