HC Deb 23 January 1990 vol 165 cc613-4W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of accidents, serious injuries and deaths, involving heavy lorries on the sections of the(a) A1(M) and (b) A1 that runs through South, West and North Yorkshire during the last five years, giving the location of such accidents; and if he will show in his answer (i) the approximate time of the accident and (ii) what type of cargo the vehicle was carrying or equipped for.

Mr. Atkins

Not all the requested information is available. Details of cargo are not held on the road accident report form. The table below gives the number of accidents by time of day, and the number of casualties by severity:

Accidents involving heavy goods vehicles in south, west, and north Yorkshire A1 and A1(M) By hour of day, 1984–1988
Hour A1 A1(M)
Beginning:
00:00 5 0
01:00 7 0
02:00 6 0
03:00 1 1
04:00 7 0
05:00 11 1
06:00 14 4

Hour A1 A1(M)
07:00 26 3
08:00 27 4
09:00 23 3
10:00 32 2
11:00 23 5
12:00 34 1
13:00 29 6
14:00 22 2
15:00 21 1
16:00 19 3
17:00 17 4
18:00 11 1
19:00 9 1
20:00 5 0
21:00 2 1
22:00 1 2
23:00 6 0
Total 358 45

Casualties in these accidents
Fatal Serious Slight Total
A1 44 186 355 585
A1(M) 1 12 53 66
Total 45 198 408 651

As over 400 accidents are involved, I shall write to the hon. Member, giving details of the time of accident, the Ordnance Survey grid reference of the accident locations, and in the case of accidents near junctions, the number of the intersecting road.