HC Deb 29 April 1981 vol 3 cc415-6W
30. Mr. Mudd

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give the estimated figure for road fatalities in 1980; and how this compares with previous years.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The provisional estimate of deaths is 5,940. The final figure is likely to be the lowest since 1958. In 1978 and 1979 there were 6,831 and 6,352 deaths respectively.