§ Mr. Galleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he has any plans to extend the southern sections of the M1 motorway to four lanes.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThere are no schemes in the Government's current trunk road programme for further widening of the southern sections of the M1.
§ Mr. Galleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents per mile there have been on the M1 motorway in each of the last four years; and how this compares with other motorways and with major trunk roads.
§ Mrs. ChalkerComparison of accident rates on different roads and different types of road is most 67W meaningfully done by looking at accidents per vehicle mile. On that basis the information sought is, for England, as follows:
Accidents per million vehicle miles M1 1979 0.28 1980 0.28 1981 0.28 1982 0.28 1983 0.26 All motorways 1980–82 0.23 All trunk roads 1980–82 0.60
Bedfordshire Buckinghamshire Derbyshire Greater London Hertfordshire Leicestershire Northamptonshire Nottinghamshire South Yorkshire West Yorkshire Total 1979 Accidents 105 52 91 86 127 74 160 38 45 22 800 Casualties Killed 10 2 — 2 4 1 9 1 1 2 32 Seriously Injured 63 19 34 13 45 26 132 14 23 7 376 Slightly Injured 150 73 115 135 181 97 149 52 81 23 1,056 1980 Accidents 118 41 86 72 110 73 191 33 41 27 792 Casualties Killed 1 2 5 1 2 5 10 — 4 1 31 Seriously Injured 71 15 31 12 46 26 122 12 18 6 359 Slightly Injured 152 61 97 108 136 94 199 47 59 31 984 1981 Accidents 108 54 77 55 106 72 195 35 55 42 799 Casualties Killed 2 4 2 — 2 5 3 — 2 7 27 Seriously Injured 43 30 30 5 35 25 173 7 23 18 389 Slightly Injured 141 69 87 79 133 87 217 41 62 36 952 1982 Accidents 107 50 79 48 120 77 201 34 60 29 805 Casualties Killed 7 3 2 — 5 2 8 3 3 3 36 Serious Injured 47 53 23 3 35 36 116 12 27 7 359 Slightly Injured 123 37 110 61 160 108 227 38 69 28 961 1983 Accidents 113 46 65 50 107 73 159 30 66 25 734 Casualties Killed 3 1 2 — 3 7 11 1 2 1 31 Seriously Injured 33 57 22 4 33 32 87 14 15 10 307 Slightly Injured 144 57 95 60 141 77 208 36 89 29 936 Further data are available in tables 4 and 8 of Road Accident Statistics English Regions 1982, a copy of which is in the Library.