§ Mrs. Dunwoodyasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will print a list of accident rates per mile of long distance heavy goods vehicle drivers for the five years prior to 1968 and the most recent five-year period for which figures are available, including the total number of accidents in each case, and showing such information as he has as to what proportion were caused by driver error.
§ Mr. Ridley[pursuant to the reply, 28 October 1985, c. 327]: Data are only collectd on road accidents which involve personal injury. Details are not collected on the causes of accidents or the length of journeys. However the following figures are available:
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Heavy Goods Vehicles Involved in Accidents and Involvement Rate per 100 million kilometres travelled: 1963 to 1968 and 1980 to 1984: Great Britain Year HGV involved in accidents HGV involvement rate All vehicles involved in accidents 1963 31,182 203 436,967 1964 31,148 182 472,070 1965 31,626 184 484,592 1966 31,281 183 468,195 1967 30,340 177 441,110 1968 28,800 164 420,686
Year HGV involved in accidents HGV involvement rate All vehicles involved in accidents 1980 15,343 76 420,500 1981 14,554 74 417,723 1982 14,688 76 431,494 1983 13,504 67 409,690 1984 14,197 68 429,520