HC Deb 15 December 1993 vol 234 cc708-9W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by year since 1979 the number of children below 16 years of age killed as a result of road traffic accidents(a) between 7 am and 10 am and (b) between 2 pm and 6 pm when clocks were set at (i) GMT and (ii) BST.

Mr. Key

The information requested is shown in the table.

The data indicate that:

  1. (a) there are more child road deaths in the summer than in the winter and that especially in the summer many more deaths occur in the afternoon, when children are out and about more; arid
  2. (b) very significant progress has been made over this period in reducing child road casualties but more needs to be done.

Child fatalities, morning and afternoon periods, during BST and GMT1 1979–92
Clocks set at GMT Clocks set at BST
Year Morning (7-10 am) Afternoon (2-6 pm) Morning (7-10 am) Afternoon (2-6 pm)
1979 26 101 36 234
1980 28 96 34 193
1981 25 105 56 197
1982 28 89 34 170
1983 24 114 40 203
1984 23 92 33 194
1985 26 91 22 166
1986 30 87 33 144
1987 20 66 43 154
1988 25 82 31 142
1989 19 68 32 153
1990 18 54 29 139
1991 11 66 23 135
1992 16 60 13 86
Total 319 1,171 459 2,310
1 Clocks are set at BST for approximately seven months of the year and at GMT for approximately five months.