HL Deb 10 July 1990 vol 521 cc263-8WA
Lord Rea

asked Her Majesty's Government

How many deaths and injuries have occurred among pedal cycle riders during each of the past 10 years, by age and sex.

Viscount Davidson: The Department of Transport's accident reporting system covers deaths and injuries

Deaths and injuries among pedal cycle riders on public roads, 1979–1983
Killed All Casualties
Age Male Female All persons1 Male Female All persons1
1979
0–4 — — — 83 12 95
5–9 10 4 14 2,088 334 2,422
10–14 73 14 87 5,977 934 6,912
15–19 30 9 39 4,325 776 5,102
20–29 21 4 25 1,957 766 2,723
30–59 56 12 68 2,962 1,314 4,276
60 and over 76 10 86 1,246 299 1,545
All Ages2 266 53 319 18,918 4,464 23,453
1980
0–4 2 — 2 68 12 80
5–9 12 2 14 1,815 309 2,125
10–14 57 9 66 6,014 1,061 7,077
15–19 41 6 47 4,917 890 5,809
20–29 18 10 28 2,211 836 3,047
30–59 58 11 69 3,113 1,374 4,489
60 and over 58 13 71 1,255 305 1,560
All Ages2 246 51 297 19,660 4,868 24,561
1981
0–4 4 — 4 84 10 95
5–9 10 3 13 1,824 337 2,162
10–14 56 11 67 5,824 1,097 6,926
15–19 52 9 61 4,945 980 5,926
20–29 16 3 19 2,516 994 3,513
30–59 51 16 67 3,166 1,390 4,557
60 and over 62 14 76 1,193 313 1,506
All Ages2 251 56 307 19,825 5,203 25,062
1982
0–4 — — — 67 12 79
5–9 15 2 17 1,750 265 2,015
10–14 46 12 58 6,188 1,144 7,332
15–19 46 13 59 5,319 1,191 6,510
20–29 23 10 33 3,309 1,343 4,652
30–59 55 23 78 3,737 1,597 5,334
60 and over 41 6 47 1,259 353 1,612
All Ages2 226 66 292 21,885 5,983 27,871
1983
0–4 — — — 97 16 113
5–9 23 3 26 2,158 323 2,481
10–14 53 6 59 6,659 1,205 7,864
15–19 47 10 57 5,762 1,185 6,947
20–29 31 9 40 3,711 1,426 5,137
30–59 66 18 84 4,072 1,661 5,733
60 and over 50 5 55 1,273 364 1,637
All Ages2 270 51 321 24,016 6,259 30,280
1 Includes sex unknown.
2 Includes age unknown.
on public roads. The requested information on pedal cycle riders on public roads, excluding the small number of casualties deemed to be pedal cycle passengers, is given in the table below. Road injury accident data are compiled by date of accident. The second table shows data collected by the registrar general on deaths to pedal cyclists. No information on injuries is available from this source. Data are complied by date of registration.

Registered deaths among pedal cyclists, 1979–1988
Age Killed
Male Female All persons1
1979
0– 4 — 1 1
5– 9 13 3 16
10–14 68 16 84
15–19 33 8 41
20–29 14 4 18
30–59 54 16 70
60 and over 77 12 89
All Ages2 259 60 319
1980
0– 4 2 1 3
5– 9 14 2 16
10–14 52 11 63
15–19 33 6 39
20–29 21 8 29
30–59 59 14 73
60 and over 67 13 80
All Ages2 248 55 303
1981
0– 4 2 — 2
5– 9 8 — 8
10–14 37 7 44
15–19 27 5 32
20–29 8 4 12
30–59 31 5 36
60 and over 56 7 63
All Ages2 169 28 197
1982
0– 4 — 2 2
5– 9 9 4 13
10–14 43 9 52
15–19 42 10 52
20–29 24 4 28
30–59 46 20 66
60 and over 56 8 64
All Ages2 220 57 277
1983
0– 4 2 — 2
5– 9 21 4 25
10–14 47 8 55
15–19 38 8 46
20–29 32 8 40
30–59 68 22 90
60 and over 49 8 57
All Ages2 257 58 315

Deaths and injuries among pedal cycle riders on public roads, 1984–1988
Killed All casualties
Age Male Female All persons1 Male Female All persons1
1984
0–4 1 1 2 104 20 124
5–9 14 5 19 2,281 321 2,602
10–14 64 6 70 6,384 1,236 7,620
15–19 41 6 47 5,467 1,324 6,791
20–29 22 10 32 3,922 1,476 5,398
30–59 81 15 96 4,312 1,767 6,079
60 and over 59 13 72 1,321 346 1,667
All ages2 283 56 339 24,045 6,597 30,644
1985
0–4 — 1 1 108 11 119
5–9 11 3 14 1,767 265 2,032
10–14 39 12 51 4,803 982 5,785
15–19 36 7 43 5,035 1,155 6,190
20–29 25 12 37 3,670 1,386 5,057
30–59 62 18 80 4,116 1,564 5,680
60 and over 51 7 58 1,172 346 1,518
All ages2 224 60 284 20,939 5,800 26,745

Age Killed
Male Female All persons1
1984
0– 4 2 — 2
5– 9 18 4 22
10–14 51 9 60
15–19 41 5 46
20–29 25 11 36
30–59 76 14 90
60 and over 69 14 83
All Ages2 282 57 339
1985
0– 4 — 2 2
5– 9 12 2 14
10–14 48 9 57
15–19 29 7 36
20–29 24 11 35
30–59 72 17 89
60 and over 59 12 71
All Ages2 224 60 304
1986
0– 4 2 — 2
5– 9 4 2 6
10–14 25 7 32
15–19 28 6 34
20–29 25 11 36
30–59 63 20 83
60 and over 61 9 70
All Ages2 208 55 263
1987
0– 4 3 1 4
5– 9 6 6 12
10–14 39 8 47
15–19 31 6 37
20–29 26 8 34
30–59 63 19 82
60 and over 62 11 73
All Ages2 230 59 289
1988
0– 4 1 — 1
5– 9 11 2 13
10–14 44 3 47
15–19 29 2 31
20–29 18 3 21
30–59 48 20 68
60 and over 42 9 51
All Ages2 193 39 232
1 Includes sex unknown.
2 Includes age unknown.

Killed All casualties
Age Male Female All persons1 Male Female All persons1
1986
0–4 1 — 1 84 24 110
5–9 2 6 8 1,385 229 1,615
10–14 31 8 39 4,263 900 5,163
15–19 27 6 33 4,887 1,111 5,998
20–29 23 8 31 3,883 1,453 5,336
30–59 70 23 93 4,189 1,638 5,828
60 and over 52 10 62 1,169 344 1,514
All ages2 207 61 268 20,124 5,782 25,915
1987
0–4 2 — 2 88 13 101
5–9 9 3 12 1,614 255 1,871
10–14 40 10 50 4,402 871 5,273
15–19 37 6 43 4,777 1,052 5,829
20–29 23 6 29 3,959 1,375 5,334
30–59 65 11 76 4,207 1,582 5,789
60 and over 52 11 63 1,087 355 1,449
All ages2 228 47 275 20,377 5,578 25,967
1988
0–4 — — — 82 19 101
5–9 10 1 11 1,646 257 1,903
10–14 37 4 41 4,214 791 5,005
15–19 25 1 26 4,689 880 5,569
20–29 25 8 33 3,949 1,336 5,286
30–59 52 19 71 4,387 1,590 5,977
60 and over 36 7 43 1,176 333 1,512
All ages2 185 40 225 20,386 5,267 25,663
1 Includes sex unknown.
2 Includes age unknown.
The information in this table is not restricted to accidents on public roads and also includes accidents not occurring on public roads.
Industrial action by registration officers in 1981 means that the figures for this year are incomplete. Further information is available in the OPCS publication Mortality Statistics by Cause, England and Wales 1981.