§ Mr. Robert B. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set out a table listing(a) the percentage of total motorway traffic represented by and (b) the percentage of vehicles involved in motorway accidents which are (i) heavy goods vehicles and vehicles drawing a trailer and (ii) buses and coaches.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information requested, based on road accident injury statistics for GB in 1986, is as follows:
Heavy goods vehicles Percentage Buses and coaches Percentage Percentage of motorway traffic 15.9 0.8 Percentage of vehicles involved in motorway accidents 14.1 0.8 Heavy goods vehicles include articulated vehicles and goods vehicles drawing a trailer. The percentage of vehicles involved in motorway accidents, which are heavy goods vehicles or other vehicles drawing a trailer, is 15.4. However, traffic figures are not available, separately, for other vehicles drawing a trailer.
§ Mr. Robert B. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he will list for each of the first six months for 1987(a) the number of buses and coaches involved in accidents on motorways and (b) the number which were travelling in the fast lane at the time.
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe number of buses and coaches involved in accidents on motorways in GB in the first six months of 1987 is as follows:
Number January 6 February 3 March 7 April 4 May 12 June 6 The lane in which the vehicle was travelling at the time of the accident is not recorded on the police road accident report form.
§ Mr. Simon CoombsTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the road death rates of each of the countries in the EEC, expressed as deaths per 100,000 population, for the latest available year; and if he will list the equivalent figures for 10 years earlier.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe information is as follows:
EC comparisons of road deaths1 per 100.000 population 1976 1986 Belgium 25 20 Denmark 17 315 Federal Republic of Germany 24 15 France 28 22 Greece 14 16 Irish Republic 17 11 Italy 17 313 Luxembourg 28 22 Netherlands 18 11 Portugal 35 326 Spain 17 18 United Kingdom 212 10 1 In accordance with the commonly agreed international definition, most countries define a fatality as being due to a road accident if death occurs within 30 days of the accident. The official road accident statistics of some countries, however, limit the fatalities to those occuring within shorter periods after the accident. Deaths and death rates in the table have been adjusted according to the factors used by the Economic Commission for Europe and the European conference of Ministers of Transport, to represent standardised 30-day deaths. 2 Great Britain only. 3 1985 Data.