§ Mr. Maxwell-Hyslopasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give, for each of the last five years, the comparative accident records of (a) automatic railway/ road level crossings and (b) manned railway/road level crossings.
§ Mr. David MitchellThe following table is based on the figures given in the Department of Transport's "Railway Accidents—Report on the Safety Record of the Railways in Great Britain", published annually, copies of which are in the Library. The accident rates quoted are per 100 crossings averaged over a 10-year period and are for British Rail only.