§ Mr. Ernie Rossasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what has been the number of road accidents on motorways and trunk roads in Tayside in each year since 1980; and if he will express the figures as ratios per million vehicle kilometres.
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§ Mr. AncramThe most up-to-date figures readily available to me of the number of accidents on motorways and trunk roads in Tayside are as follows:
Number of Accidents Year Fatal Serious Slight Total Injury accidents per million vehicle kilometres 1980 21 113 114 248 0.32 1981 24 102 130 256 0.32 1982 19 118 128 265 0.33 1983* 7 44 54 105 — *January to June. The figures do not include information on accidents involving vehicle damage only, which is not held centrally.