§ Mr. DewarTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish figures showing the numbers and proportions of children in each standard region killed or injured in traffic accidents, giving the most recently available annual figures.
§ Mr. KeyThe numbers and proportions of children in each standard region killed or injured in traffic accidents in 1991 are shown in the table.
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Child casualties by Standard Region: Great Britain 1991 Number/Percentage Killed All casualties Standard region Children aged 0–15 All ages Children percentage of all ages Children aged 0–15 All ages Children percentage of all ages Northern 29 287 10.1 2,591 14,848 17.5 Yorkshire and Humberside 34 413 8.2 4,230 26,086 16.2 East Midlands 33 410 8.0 3,205 22,397 14.3 East Anglia 17 236 7.2 1,557 12,927 12.0 Greater London 30 368 8.2 5,655 46,578 12.1 Rest of South East 56 826 6.8 7,143 59,052 12.1 South West 34 460 7.4 2,854 22,515 12.7 West Midlands 38 386 9.8 4,303 27,425 15.7 North West 50 468 10.7 6,554 39,014 16.8 Wales 19 227 8.4 2,343 15,074 15.5 Scotland 43 487 8.8 4,156 25,353 16.4 Great Britain 383 4,568 8.4 44,591 311,269 14.3