§ Mr. Parrisasked the Secretary of State for Transport what are the latest figures compiled from information gathered by police forces throughout Great Britain and referred to in the reply of the Under-Secretary of State for Transport to the hon. Member for Derby, North (Mr. Whitehead) on 21 May 1980, Official Report, c. 249, for injury accidents in which heavy goods vehicles were involved, giving the numbers of fatal, serious and slight casualties and accident rates in the following weight categories: 11/2; to 3 tons, 3 to 41/2 tons, 41/2 to 6 tons, 6 to 8 tons, 8 to 10 tons and over 10 tons.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeAccidents can now be classified according to gross weight of goods vehicle involved, except for accidents in the Metropolitan Police district. All the casualties in these accidents are given in the table following, using gross vehicle weight bands which are most nearly equivalent to the vehicle weights requested. Accident involvement rates are not available by gross vehicle weight.
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Accidents Involving Heavy Good Vehicles, 1980 Great Britain Casualties* Gross Weight Fatal Serious Slight (tonnes) Outside MPD 31/2; to under 71/2; 110 970 2,278 71/2; to under 111/2; 93 725 1,763 111/2; to under 161/2; 177 969 2,221 161/2; to under 251/2; 83 483 1,014 251/2; to under 301/2; 52 293 586 301/2;and over 235 1,113 2,308 Weight unknown 28 129 359 MPD † 84 350 2,288 * Where vehicles from different weight-classes are involved in the same accident, the casualties are counted under both weight-classes.
† Includes a small number of accidents involving goods vehicles over 11/2 tons unladen but less than 31/2 tonnes gross.