§ Dr. Owenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the total annual cost to the country of road accidents; and how much of this is a cost to the National Health Service.
§ Mrs. ChalkerI have been asked to reply.
It is estimated that the overall cost of road accidents in 1982 (including an allowance for pain, grief and suffering) was some £2,375 million and that medical and ambulance costs accounted for between 3 and 3½ per cent. of this figure.