§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government is taking following the conclusions of the transport and road research laboratory report on the relative frequency of cycle accidents occurring at road junctions; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. PortilloData on the numbers of cycle accidents occurring at different kinds of junctions is contained in table 42 of the Department's casualty report "Road Accidents Great Britain 1988", which was published in November 1989. The transport and road research laboratory has reported on issues determining the frequencies and rates of all kinds of traffic accidents at. mini-roundabouts. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library.
503WThe Department has a continuing programme of research on cycling, which is guided by information on accident rates. We draw on it in giving day-to-day technical advice to highway authorities and others, and in publishing more general advice on cycling issues. In recent months my hon. Friend the Minister for Roads and Traffic has referred the hon. Member to the range of publications issued by the Department, many of which give information on traffic engineering techniques which can be used to improve conditions for cyclists at various kinds of junction.