Motorway Accidents

HC Deb 16 December 1993 vol 234 cc825-6W

Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of accidents per mile of United Kingdom motorway and the equivalent figure for each other EC country; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Key

Comparable data for EC countries are only available for fatalities. The table shows the number of fatalities per 100 miles of motorway for each of the EC countries.

Fatalities per 100 miles of motorway, EC countries 1991
	Fatalities per 100 miles of motorway
Belgium	7.7
Denmark	1.9
France	5.9
Germany	8.8
Irish Republic	2.6
Italy	7.4

	Fatalities per 100 miles of motorway
Luxemburg1	—
Netherlands	3.
Portugal	18.8
Spain	16.1
United Kingdom	4.7
EC TOTAL2	7.7
1Data not available for Luxemburg.
2 Excluding Luxemburg.