Accidents (Heavy Goods Vehicles)

HC Deb 09 December 1988 vol 143 cc366-7W

Mr. Mullin

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were killed in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles for each year between 1979 and 1987.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The table shows the number of fatalities in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles in Great Britain between 1979 and 1987.

Fatalities in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles:
Great Britain: 1977–1987
	Number
1979	1,063
1980	859
1981	851
1982	875
1983	811
1984	876
1985	811
1986	908
1987	910

These numbers have to be associated with distance travelled to establish the trend in the casualty rate.