HC Deb 27 October 1983 vol 47 c176W
Mr. Janner

asked the Secretary of State for Transport how many ocular and facial injuries have been suffered by passengers in motor vehicles within the United Kingdom during each of the last 10 years for which records are available; and how many, and what percentage of such injuries, he estimates were attributable to the absence of laminated windscreens.

Mrs. Chalker

Details of the windscreen composition or the type of injury, as opposed to severity, sustained by casualties are not given in the road accident report form supplied by the police.

The hospital inpatients 10 per cent. sample inquiry gives some information about all road accident casualties in England and Wales.

Discharges and deaths due to road traffic accidents: 1978–80
1978 1979 1980
Fracture of face bones 2,160 1,960 1,860
Other unspecified lacerations of the head 3,410 3,540 3,050
All discharges and deaths 76,920 71,180 69,010