HC Deb 04 May 1988 vol 132 cc449-51W
Mr. Tony Lloyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of child pedestrian road fatalities, in total and expressed in relative terms, in each member state of the European Community within the age ranges five to nine, 10 to 14 and 15 to 17, for each of the last 10 years.

Mr. Peter Bottomley

The number of deaths in each member state of the European Community is as follows for 1979 to 1986 inclusive. Data for other years could he made available only at disproportionate cost. Most countries use the standard international definition of "road accident death", which is dying within 30 days as result of the road accident. The exceptions are France (death within six days of the accident), Greece (death within three days), Italy (death within seven days) and Spain (death within 24 hours).

Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1979
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 145 94 65 14.4
Belgium 25 18 17 12.1
Denmark 11 10 5 18.2
Eire 20 9 9 16.7
France n/a n/a n/a n/a
Germany 182 93 86 11.4
Greece 28 28 15 18.2
Italy 80 56 51 10.5
Luxembourg 1 1 1 15.8
Netherlands 25 10 10 17.1
Spain 66 41 28 11.3
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1980
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to9 10 to 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 105 109 86 14.7
Belgium 26 12 13 10.1
Denmark 6 4 5 10.9
Eire 15 5 4 11.5
France 113 80 57 11.5
Germany 173 100 81 11.4
Greece 12 10 3 6.5
Italy 91 47 40 9.8
Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a n/a
Netherlands 34 12 4 16.9
Spain 74 41 30 12.5
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1981
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to9 10 lo 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 123 101 81 15.6
Belgium 26 15 12 12.5
Denmark 8 3 9 13.5
Eire 15 10 9 15.8
France n/a n/a n/a n/a
Germany 141 77 65 10.8
Greece 13 12 7 8.2
Italy 64 45 24 8.5
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to9 10 to 14 15 to 17
Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a n/a
Netherlands 28 11 10 16.7
Spain 58 46 31 12.1
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1982
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 99 127 75 15.5
Belgium 17 22 11 13.0
Denmark 9 8 3 12.3
Eire 5 15 9 18.0
France n/a n/a n/a n/a
Germany 124 48 45 8.4
Greece 13 10 7 7.0
Italy 59 39 35 8.5
Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a n/a
Netherlands 20 16 9 17.4
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a
Spain 48 35 19 10.0
Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1983
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to9 10 to 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 132 132 86 17.6
Belgium 19 17 11 12.6
Denmark 9 6 9 15.9
Eire 13 9 12 19.3
France 96 72 46 11.4
Germany 90 59 55 8.2
Greece 14 15 8 8.5
Italy 66 42 25 9.3
Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a n/a
Netherlands 19 20 6 15.7
Spain 51 34 18 9.5
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1984
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to9 10 to 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 115 141 69 16.8
Belgium 19 18 7 13.2
Denmark 4 10 8 17.2
Eire 16 8 6 19.2
France 89 81 34 11.6
Germany 79 37 43 7.0
Greece 16 3 4 5.3
Italy 41 29 22 7.2
Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a n/a
Netherlands 12 7 6 11.8
Spain 41 30 31 10.0
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1985
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to9 10 to 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 109 129 69 16.6
Belgium 23 10 9 12.9
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to9 10 to 14 15 to 17
Denmark 9 7 2 14.3
Eire 12 7 3 15.9
France 83 78 35 12.6
Germany 69 36 31 7.6
Greece 15 11 4 7.3
Italy 51 39 22 9.0
Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a n/a
Netherlands 9 10 6 13.4
Spain 50 47 30 12.4
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a
Pedestrian deaths in EC countries: 1986
Age of fatality Percentage of all pedestrian deaths
6 to 9 10 to 14 15 to 17
United Kingdom 80 108 79 13.8
Belgium 16 11 8 10.9
Denmark 3 6 3 9.0
Eire n/a n/a n/a n/a
France 74 52 43 n/a
Germany 87 38 27 7.4
Greece 11 6 7 5.9
Italy n/a n/a n/a n/a
Luxembourg n/a n/a n/a n/a
Netherlands 12 10 7 13.4
Spain 60 39 28 10.9
Portugal n/a n/a n/a n/a

Mr. Beith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatal accidents involving heavy lorries have occurred on the A1 in Northumberland in the last five years.

Mr. Peter Bottomely

There have been 10 such accidents in the period from 1 January 1983 to date.

The figures are as follows:

Number
1983 1
1984 2
1985 2
1986 2
1987 3
1988 1—
1 None to date.