HC Deb 20 May 1991 vol 191 cc322-3W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give an age breakdown of pedestrians fatally injured in road accidents for each year since 1980.

Mr. Chope

The information is as follows:

Pedestrians killed in road accidents by age: Great Britain: 1980–901
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990
0–4 66 74 79 71 69 57 58 57 71 60
5–9 128 149 110 160 133 126 99 94 113 97
10–14 104 95 120 129 131 122 103 94 83 80
All (0–14) 298 318 309 360 333 305 260 245 267 237 215
15–19 128 125 128 133 107 116 126 96 89 95
20–29 117 129 156 148 157 140 182 143 160 167
30–39 101 98 106 111 113 112 110 110 108 109
40–49 120 105 126 109 105 105 112 122 122 117
50–59 169 148 145 149 152 140 148 130 125 126
All (15–59) 635 605 661 650 634 613 678 601 604 614 583
60–69 278 246 239 244 210 239 220 212 209 200
70+ 727 701 648 652 669 630 682 641 656 642
All (60+) 1,005 947 887 896 879 869 902 853 865 842 822
All ages2 1,941 1,874 1,869 1,914 1,868 1,789 1,841 1,703 1,753 1,706 1,636
1Figures for 1990 are provisional. A more detailed breakdown is not available.
2 Including age not reported.

Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrians were fatally injured in road accidents for the years: 1970, 1975, 1980, 1985 and 1990.

Mr. Chope

The information is as follows:

Pedestrians killed in road accidents: Great Britain
Year Number
1970 2,925
1975 2,344
1980 1,941
1985 1,789
11990 1,636
1 Figures for 1990 are provisional.