§ Mr. Peter Bruinvelsasked the Secretary of State for Transport if, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Leicester, East of 11 March, he will provide comparable figures for accident rates at night on lit sections of the motorways referred to; and if he will provide comparable figures in relation to (a) lit and (b) unlit sections in those years prior to 1985 for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe following information is readily available.
Night time accidents per kilometre Lit sites Unlit sites M1 1983 0.98 0.62 1984 1.28 0.64 1985 1.40 0.60 M6 1983 0.68 0.49 1984 1.07 0.50 1985 0.67 0.47 M5 1983 0.35 0.22 1984 0.52 0.43 1985 0.98 0.56 Night-time accidents are defined as those occurring between half an hour after sunset and half an hour before sunrise.