HC Deb 27 July 1983 vol 46 c479W
Mr. Oakes

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrians were killed or injured on pavements and verges in each of the last five years.

Mrs. Chalker

Pedestrians killed or injured on footway or verges (Great Britain):

Number
1978 4,970
1979 5,428
1980 4,876
1981 4,707
1982 5,019

Mr. Stuart Holland

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what share of total pedestrian casualties in the United Kingdom since 1974 has taken place on footpaths or verges.

Mrs. Chalker

Almost 7 per cent.—41,600—of the total of 606,000 pedestrian casualties in Great Britain took place on footpaths or verges between 1974 and 1982.

Annual figures, available in the Library in "Road Accidents Great Britain", show that the proportion has been increasing over the period but that pedestrian casualties in other situations have decreased.

These data are not readily available for Northern Ireland.