HC Deb 20 January 1992 vol 202 c59W
Mr. Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide information on current car rear seat belt wearing levels for adults and children separately and for all rear seat occupants for(a) all cars and (b) cars manufactured after October 1987.

Mr. Chope

The information is as follows:

Rear seat passengers:
Percentage wearing seat belts—October 1991 survey
Post-1987 cars
All cars (Registration E prefix and later)
Adults 41 58
Children under 14 years of age 79 88
All 63 76

Incidents Dealt with by London Fire Brigade Dealt with by London Underground Ltd. No cause or source found
1990–91 1991–92 1990–91 1991–92 1990–91 1991–92
First quarter 134 88 721 265 1,237 860
Second quarter 103 88 187 281 1,411 768
Third quarter 66 39 124 155 1,194 652
Fourth quarter 88 167 1,100
TOTAL 391 215 1,199 701 4,942 2,280

These figures show that the general trend in the number of incidents is decreasing.

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