HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc722-3W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of persons who have died in road accidents for every year since 1979 and for the first three months of 1990.

Mr. Portillo

The information is as follows:

Number of persons killed in road accidents in Great Britain 1979 to 1989
Numbers
1979 6,352
1980 6,010
1981 5,8461
1982 5,934
Numbers
1983 5,445
1984 5,599
1985 5,165
1986 5,382
1987 5,125
1988 5,052
1989 15,230
1 Provisional.

Figures for the first three months of 1990 are not yet available.