HC Deb 11 December 1989 vol 163 cc449-50W
Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many road accidents have been reported involving stationary vehicles on motorway hard shoulders in each of the years 1980 to 1989; and how many people were(a) injured and (b) killed.

Mr. Cope

The Chief Constable of the RUC has advised me that the relevant records were computerised in 1986 and information for the years prior to that could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. The information for the years 1986 to 1989 is set out in the following table:

Number of accidents Persons killed Persons injured
1986 3 4
1987 3 8
1988 3 40
11989 1 1
TOTALS 10 17
1 To 31 October 1989

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