§ Mr. Austin-WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Eltham (Mr. Bottomley) of 7 July,Official Report, columns 158–59, on the east London river crossing, what are the implications of his announcement for the line 487W order, the compulsory purchase orders and the exchange land certificate in relation to the proposed crossing; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. NorrisThe extent to which the existing line order will need to be varied or revoked will depend on the new proposals which we shall bring forward in due course. We shall not take any action to implement the present compulsory purchase orders, which will cease to be valid in November 1994. The exchange land certificate will accordingly become redundant.
Personal injury accidents per million vehicle kilometres, by road type England and Wales 1985–1992 Rales per million vehicle kilometres 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 41992 England Motorway1 0.122 0.127 0.110 0.104 0.108 0.109 0.104 0.111 Trunk2 0.379 0.443 0.323 0.400 0.377 0.366 0.321 — Minor3 — — — — 0.859 0.858 0.800 — Wales Motorway1 0.117 0.104 0.096 0.109 0.110 0.116 0.103 0.092 Trunk2 0.368 0.394 0.392 0.360 0.355 0.354 0.334 — Minor3 — — — — 0.537 0.608 0.467 — 1 Motorways plus A(M) roads. These are mostly trunk roads but include a few principal roads for which county councils are the highway authority. 2 Trunk roads. Roads comprising the national network of through routes for which the Secretary of State is the highway authority, but excluding motorways which have been classified separately. 3 Minor roads. B, C and unclassified roads. 4 Traffic data for 1992 are provisional.
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9 Accident rates per 100 million vehicle kilometres: by road class, region1 and severity: 1989–1991 average Rate per 100 million vehicle kilometres A roads All A roads All main roads Built up Non built up Mortorways Trunk Principal Trunk Principal Northern Fatal 0.5 1.2 1.8 1.0 1.2 1.3 1.3 Fatal or serious 2.1 9.3 17.5 4.9 8.4 10.1 9.4 All severities 15.1 70.3 92.3 20.7 35.0 48.5 45.8 Yorkshire and Humberside Fatal 0.2 2.3 1.5 1.2 1.9 1.5 1.2 Fatal or serious 2.0 18.3 18.7 8.6 13.3 14.4 11.3 All severities 8.9 83.5 90.2 24.8 42.2 59.0 46.6 East Midlands Fatal 0.3 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.5 Fatal or serious 2.9 18.0 18.2 8.3 12.9 12.8 10.9 All severities 12.6 90.2 98.5 28.6 44.8 55.0 47.0 Eastern Fatal 0.3 1.6 1.2 1.0 1.5 1.2 1.0 Fatal or serious 2.2 18.5 16.4 6.2 10.9 10.5 8.3 All severities 11.9 86.2 87.7 21.7 39.7 45.2 36.2 South East Fatal 0.3 1.4 1.0 0.8 1.4 1.1 0.9 Fatal or serious 2.3 14.6 15.4 5.0 10.0 10.3 8.0 All severities 10.3 74.8 81.8 19.6 38.8 47.7 37.0 London Fatal 0.3 2.0 1.9 0.9 1.4 1.7 1.6 Fatal or serious 4.3 24.6 36.8 7.9 9.9 29.6 27.9 All severities 29.9 131.5 197.3 34.0 38.9 157.2 148.5