§ Dr. HampsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list, for each of the last 10 years, the number of road traffic accidents involving buses and coaches by the age of the bus or coach involved.
§ Mr. Chope[holding answer 19 July 1991]: The information requested is as follows.
The statistics available cover road accidents involving personal injury reported to the police. The table shows the number of such accidents involving buses or coaches in Great Britain each year.
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Bus and coach accidents involving injury, Great Britain: 1980 to 1989 Year Accidents 1980 13,613 1981 12,915 1982 12,738 1983 12,618 1984 12,647
Year Accidents 1985 12,313 1986 11,988 1987 11,603 1988 11,898 1989 12,499 Source: Road Accidents Great Britain, HMSO.
The following table shows the number of buses and coaches involved in these accidents, by vehicle age group.
Buses and coaches in injury accidents, by vehicle age group, Great Britain: 1980 to 1989 Vehicle age (years)1 Year 0 to 4 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more Unknown 1980 5,204 3,477 1,802 637 2,694 1981 4,831 3,498 1,417 662 2,675 1982 4,942 3,639 1,352 891 2,087 1983 4,634 3,576 1,385 1,045 2,123 1984 4,304 3,854 1,531 1,078 2,035 1985 3,835 4,233 1,634 1,295 1,471 1986 3,421 4,203 1,721 1,028 1,764 1987 3,211 3,896 2,143 929 1,587 1988 3,199 3,861 2,594 958 1,474 1989 3,367 3,792 3,011 1,125 1,416 1 Approximate. Based on prefix/suffix letter of registration mark.