Road Accidents (Hansard, 16 May 1989)

§ Mr. Denzil Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many deaths occurred on Welsh roads in each of the last three years;
(2) how many people were injured on the roads of Wales in each of the last three years.

§ Mr. Wyn Roberts
The information requested is shown in the following table.

Casualties 1986 1987 ¹1988

Fatal² 235 220 226

Serious³ 3,243 3,173 2,900

Slight⁴ 10,967 10,890 12,024

¹ Provisional.

² When death occurs in less than 30 days as a result of the accident.

³ When a person sustains an injury for which he/she is detained in hospital as an "in-patient" or any of the following injuries whether or not he/she is detained in hospital; fractures, concussion, internal injuries, crushings, severe cuts and lacerations, severe general shock requiring medical treatment, injuries causing death 30 or more days after the accident.

⁴ When a person sustains an injury of a minor character such as a sprain, bruise or cut not judged to be severe, or slight shock requiring roadside attention.

§ Mr. Denzil Davies
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people were taken to hospital with serious injuries after road accidents in Wales in each of the last three years.
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§ Mr. Grist
Information is not available in the precise form requested. However, the number of patients and day cases who died in hospitals in Wales or were discharged from them after road traffic accidents in the last three years for which data are available is as follows:

Number

1985 3,332

1986 3,263

1987 2,978

This may understate the true position as not all hospitals provide full clinical details relating to discharges and deaths. The numbers with "serious" injuries cannot be separately identified.

Casualties	1986	1987	¹1988
Fatal²	235	220	226
Serious³	3,243	3,173	2,900
Slight⁴	10,967	10,890	12,024
¹ Provisional.
² When death occurs in less than 30 days as a result of the accident.
³ When a person sustains an injury for which he/she is detained in hospital as an "in-patient" or any of the following injuries whether or not he/she is detained in hospital; fractures, concussion, internal injuries, crushings, severe cuts and lacerations, severe general shock requiring medical treatment, injuries causing death 30 or more days after the accident.
⁴ When a person sustains an injury of a minor character such as a sprain, bruise or cut not judged to be severe, or slight shock requiring roadside attention.