HC Deb 27 October 1983 vol 47 cc175-6W
Mr. Tom Cox

asked the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what is the number of motorway accidents known to have taken place in 1983 as a result of straw or stubble burning;

(2) how many people have been killed in motor accidents so far in 1983 which were caused as a result of straw or stubble burning and the dense smoke that the burning created.

Mrs. Chalker

The accident report form supplied by the police gives no information as to the causes of accidents as such. The presence or absence of certain unfavourable circumstances is noted, but straw or stubble burning is not one of them.

The form is reproduced in "Road Accidents Great Britain" copies of which are placed in the Library each year.