§ Mr. IngramTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the number of notified accidents in each mode of public transport for each of the last five years.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 13 June 1989]: The available information on notified accidents is given in the following table. Casualty figures are also provided. The definitions of notified accidents differ by mode of transport, and footnotes describe the coverage.
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Bus/coach Taxi Rail Glasgow Underground Ferry services Air (a) Number of accidents 1984 1,565 627 59 n/a 37 7 1985 1,667 614 72 n/a 43 4 1986 1,508 711 53 49 33 7 1987 1,506 674 76 55 42 6 1988 1,624 670 104 52 24 3 (b) Number of casualties 1984 2,047 833 111 n/a 37 1 1985 2,274 797 69 n/a 43 0 1986 2,065 922 54 49 33 64 1987 2,047 858 40 55 42 0 1988 2,119 930 23 52 24 270 Notes:
Casualties: Include all fatal, serious and slight injury casualties.
Bus and Taxi: Only injury accidents are notified centrally. Casualty numbers include casualties in other vehicles and pedestrians.
Rail: Includes both passenger and normal freight services and covers all notified accidents, including non-injury accidents. 1984 includes the Polmont disaster.
Glasgow Underground: Includes all accidents on the premises as well as trains.
Air: All notified accidents over Scottish airspace and includes operations to gas and oil installations. 1986 includes the Chinook helicopter disaster and 1988 the Lockerbie air disaster.