HC Deb 26 June 1991 vol 193 c472W
Mr. Peter Bottomley

To 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. Chope

The 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

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