HC Deb 26 February 1991 vol 186 cc413-4W
Mr. David Marshall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities and injuries in road accidents in Great Britain in 1988, 1989 and 1990, resulted from motor vehicles which had been stolen or driven without the owners' consent; how many resulted from motor vehicles being driven for other criminal purposes; and how many involved vehicles driven by the police in connection with the performance of their duties.

Mr. Chope

The standard report form, STATS19, completed by the police for all road accidents involving personal injury, does not include the information requested.

Details of police vehicles' involvement in accidents are published in chief constables' annual reports. This information is not held centrally.

Mr. Spearing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 16 January 1991,Official Report, column 497, if any additional powers are to be made available in his proposed statutory red routes as proposed in the Road Traffic Bill.

Mr. Chope

No. The Road Traffic Bill provides for priority routes in London to be implemented through the exercise of existing Highways Act 1980 and Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 powers.