§ Mr. David Marshallasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give a breakdown of the number of crossover accidents by road type and list the number of fatalities for the past five years.
§ Mrs. ChalkerThe data requested are given in the table. An article on this subject appears in "Road Accidents Great Britain 1983"—pages 30–31—a copy of which is in the Library.
Crossover accidents and casualties by road class Great Britain 1979–83 Accidents Fatal casualties 1979 Motorways* 79 12 A roads 607 82 Other roads 42 2 1980 Motorways* 95 18 A roads 603 73 Other roads 42 1 1981 Motorways* 94 17 A roads 606 74 Other roads 41 1 1982 Motorways* 81 9 A roads 614 75 Other roads 47 4 1983 Motorways* 78 22 A roads 530 81 Other roads 29 2 Note: Data are not available for the Cheshire police area before 1 April 1980 or for the Metropolitan police area before 1 January 1982. * Includes A(M) roads.