§ 59. Mr. Sheermanasked the Secretary of State for Transport what was the socio-economic grouping distribution for car occupant casualties involved in road traffic accidents in the United Kingdom during 1982.
§ Mrs. ChalkerRoutine personal injury road accident reports do not include SEG information. However, the Transport and Road Research Laboratory receive reports from coroners and procurators fiscal covering some 70 per cent. of car occupants who die within 12 hours of an accident in Great Britain. TRRL have provided the following provisional figures for 1982:
Number Upper middle class 50 Middle class 76 Lower middle class 271 Skilled 235 Semi-skilled or unskilled 266 Student 74 Housewife 199 Retired 92 Others or not known 66 All reports 1,329 There were in total 2,443 car occupants killed in 1982, including those who survive more than 12 hours but less than 30 days—the usual definition.