§ Mr. Barry SheermanTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the relative risk of injury in road traffic accidents for motor cyclists compared with other road users.
Casualty rates:1by road user type and severity: 1976 to 1986 Rate per 100 million vehicle kilometres/percentage 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 Pedal cyclists: Killed 7.1 5.9 7.4 8.4 7.2 6.9 5.6 6.2 6.8 6.1 6.5 KSI 117 98 112 138 132 123 113 123 130 121 125 All severities 552 459 522 623 591 563 534 589 609 577 623 TWMV riders: Killed 18 22 21 21 17 15 13 13 13 12 12 KSI 378 406 406 388 344 296 290 288 286 293 281 All severities 1,288 1,353 1,315 1,225 1,073 920 920 917 916 915 898 Car drivers: Killed 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 KSI 11 11 11 11 10 10 9 7 7 7 7 All severities 46 46 46 45 40 40 40 34 36 37 38 Bus or coach drivers: Killed 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 — — KSI 4 4 3 3 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 All severities 22 24 23 23 17 18 16 16 14 17 16 LGV drivers: Killed 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 KSI 9 8 8 8 6 6 6 4 4 5 4 All severities 37 34 34 33 27 26 25 20 21 23 23 HGV drivers: Killed 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 KSI 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 All severities 17 18 17 16 13 12 13 12 12 13 12 All road users:2 Killed 2.9 2.9 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.8 1.8 KSI 38 38 37 37 34 33 32 28 29 26 25 All severities 151 151 147 141 130 127 126 115 118 110 106 Percentage of all road users accounted for above Killed 43 45 44 48 47 48 48 46 46 46 45 KSI 52 52 53 54 55 55 55 55 54 53 53 All severities 52 52 52 53 54 54 55 55 55 54 54 1 1985 rates have been revised. 2 Includes driver and riders of other vehicles. The following table shows for each year the ratio of TWMV riders to car drivers for each of the three caualty severity classifications—killed, killed or seriously injured and all severities. The table is, effectively, the division of each of the three TWMV rider rows by the corresponding car driver row.
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TWMV casualty rates relative to car driver casualty rates: by severity: 1976 to 1986 Car driver casualty rates = 1 Year Killed KSI All severities 1976 23.0 34.4 28.0 1977 27.1 36.9 29.4 1978 26.5 36.9 28.6 1979 26.1 35.3 27.2 1980 24.6 34.4 26.8 1981 21.0 29.6 23.0 1982 19.1 32.2 23.0 1983 22.3 41.1 27.0 1984 21.7 40.9 25.4
§ Mr. Peter Bottomley[holding answer 29 March 1988]: The information requested is given for all two-wheeled motor vehicle TWMV riders. It is taken from the annual publication "Road Accidents Great Britain — The Casualty Report, 1986".
Year Killed KSI All severities 1985 24.0 41.9 24.7 1986 20.0 40.1 23.6