HC Deb 24 October 1983 vol 47 cc36-7W
Mr. Spearing

asked the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer dated 20 July, Official Report, c. 151, if he will tabulate in the Official Report the serious accidents involving heavy lorries, buses or coaches in the year 1982, stating for each category the numbers of cases where mechanical failure, including maintenance, or driver error, were the main causes, and the number of cases in each category where an owner was prosecuted and revocation of operator's licence made or design defect taken up with a manufacturer.

Mrs. Chalker

We do not collect information in the way requested by the hon. Member. However, in 1982 there were 2,303 fatal and serious accidents involving buses and coaches and 4,594 involving heavy goods vehicles. If the hon. Gentleman has a specific case in mind, I hope he will write to me.