HC Deb 15 June 1989 vol 154 cc501-2W
Mr. Hume

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information is available to indicate the incidence by area or district of road traffic accidents involving children disembarking from school buses, indicating the number of such fatalities in the past five years.

Mr. Ian Stewart

[holding answer 15 May 1989]: Information is not available in the exact form requested. Existing records do not differentiate between types of bus operators and the following information includes buses operated by education and library boards, public service vehicles used solely for transporting children to and from school and buses used by the general public. Details of children, that is, persons under 15 years of age, killed immediately after alighting from buses are as follows:

Location Year Number of fatalities
1 Armagh 1984 3
1 Lisburn
1 Bellaghy
1 Greyabbey 1985 1
1 Loup 1986 2
1 Ballymoney
1 Castledawson 1987 1
1 Coleraine 1988 1