§ Mr. Wallerasked 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. FowlerVehicle 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.