HC Deb 12 July 1988 vol 137 cc136-7W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of people killed or seriously injured in motor accidents, by age, in each local authority area in the north-west region in each of the last five years; and what proportion of these accidents were related to excessive alcohol consumption.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The data requested can only be supplied at disproportionate cost. The following tables show the number of people killed or seriously injured, by age, in each county in the north-west region for each of the last three years.

There are no readily available statistics for accidents related to excessive alcohol consumption, by region.

County Age of Casualty
0–4 5–14 15–24 25–39 40–59 60+ Total
Merseyside 26 222 490 295 204 225 1,462
Total 199 967 3,115 1,748 1,183 1,083 8,295
1987 (provisional data)
Cheshire 26 93 434 228 175 126 1,082
Cumbria 29 69 367 200 130 143 938
Greater Manchester 58 350 828 511 314 367 2,428
Lancashire 49 219 717 425 319 265 1,994
Merseyside 64 223 404 308 246 215 1,460
Total 226 954 2,750 1,672 1,184 1,116 7,902