HC Deb 11 January 1993 vol 216 cc536-7W
Mrs. Anne Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the statistics for(a) serious injuries and (b) minor injuries incurred in accidents involving coaches in the last 10 years.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The attached table shows the number of people killed, seriously injured and slightly injured in road accidents involving buses and coaches in Great Britain from 1982 to 1991.

Casualties in accidents involving bus and coaches, by severity: Great Britain 1982–1991
Casualties
Killed Seriously injured Slightly injured Total
1982 279 2,508 13,803 16,590
1983 263 2,376 13,669 16,308
1984 245 2,263 13,867 16,375

Killed Seriously injured Slightly injured Total
1985 211 2,397 13,666 16,274
1986 227 2,204 13,234 15,665
1987 199 2,179 13,040 15,418
1988 188 2,214 13,321 15,723
1989 223 2,088 14,467 16,778
1990 225 2,000 14,232 16,457
1991 189 1,771 12,637 14,597

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