HC Deb 08 August 1980 vol 990 c485W
Mr. Waller

asked the Minister of Transport if he will publish in the Official Report estimates for 1979 for the following: road accidents by severity, rates of vehicle involvement in accidents by class of vehicle and accident rates by class of road.

Mr. Fowler

Vehicle involvement rates are not yet available. I will write to my hon. Friend regarding this shortly. The following are the accident figures requested.

ROAD ACCIDENTS GREAT BRITAIN: 1979*
Fatal Serious Slight All severities
5,800 66,700 181,900 254,450

ROAD ACCIDENT RATES GREAT BRITAIN: 1979, PER 100 MILLION VEHICLE KILOMETRES
Main roads B roads C plus unclassified All roads
77 89 119 91
*Provisional.
†Motorways, A(M) roads, A roads.
‡Including unknown road class.