HC Deb 16 January 1990 vol 165 c148W
Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the number of motor vehicle accidents, excluding motor cycles, in each of the last five years involving fatalities and non-fatalities in England and Wales.

Mr. Atkins

Information is only available for road accidents which involve personal injury. The information requested is as follows:

Motor vehicle accidents, excluding motor cycles England and Wales, 1984–1988
Fatal Non fatal Total
1984 3,470 166,431 169,901
1985 3,309 165,629 168,938
1986 3,527 172,405 175,932
1987 3,390 171,024 174,414
1988 3,427 181,160 184,587

This table, as requested, counts accidents and not vehicles, and excludes all those accidents involving motor cycles including, for example, an accident involving car and motor cycle.

Mr. Burns

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the number of motor vehicle accidents, excluding motor cycles, in each of the last five years involving drivers who had passed their test in the previous 12 months in England and Wales.

Mr. Atkins

The information requested is not available; licence details of drivers involved in accidents are not recorded on the accident report form.

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