HC Deb 10 February 1992 vol 203 cc370-1W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of traffic accidents(a) in total and (b) resulting in deaths, for each year since 1980 (i) in Leicestershire and (ii) on the distributor road network in Leicester.

Mr. Chope

The number of injury accidents, and the number of these which resulted in deaths, in Leicestershire and the A563 Leicester ring road, from 1980 to 1990, are given in the table.

Injury accidents in Leicestershire and on the A563 Leicester ring road: By severity: 1980–1990
Leicestershire A563
Year Fatal accidents All injury accidents Fatal accidents All injury accidents
1980 102 3,708 0 0
1981 100 3,624 0 0
1982 95 3,634 0 0
1983 98 3,658 0 0
1984 80 3,847 0 0
1985 91 3,748 0 5
1986 93 3,334 1 67
1987 87 3,651 1 56
1988 85 3,706 1 64

The 1990–91 figures for the main toll bridges in England, for which accounts have been published, are as follows:
Humber £ million Itchen £ million Severn £ million Tamar £ million
1. Income (from toll) 10.7 2.0 20.8 2.7
2. Cost:
Operating expenses 1.7 0.6 8.6 2.3
Debt and other charges 43.4 1.0 19.0 0.0
Total expenditure 45.1 1.6 27.6 2.3
Outstanding debt at 31 March 1991 404.7 3.6 148.9 —

Notes:

  1. 1. Annual income from toll (excludes income from other sources).
  2. 2. Outstanding debt comprises original capital cost and accumulated debt charges.