§ Mr. Peter BottomleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each quarter starting in the first quarter of 1987 the annual ratio to the distance travelled of the number of fatalities and serious injuries in road crashes.
§ Mr. ChopeThe information requested is given in the table. It is given in the form of a rate of fatal and serious casualties per billion vehicle kilometres. Data for 1990 are provisional.
Twelve month period ending Rates per billion vehicle kilometres Fatal Serious 1987 Q1 15.7 199.4 Q2 15.4 193.8 Q3 15.2 190.2 Q4 14.4 180.5 1988 Q1 14.1 180.7 Q2 13.8 175.4 Q3 13.2 169.5 Q4 13.3 166.7 1989 Q1 13.4 162.8 Q2 13.1 160.4 Q3 13.2 156.8 Q4 13.2 154.9 19901 Q1 13.1 153.3 Q2 13.2 152.0 Q3 12.9 150.7 Q4 12.5 148.0 1 Provisional