HC Deb 10 March 1993 vol 220 cc564-5W
Mr. Redmond

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many children were(a) killed and (b) injured on the roads in each police authority area in England in each year since 1990; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Kenneth Carlisle

The table shows the number of children aged up to 15 killed and injured on the roads, by police authority area for 1990 and 1991.

1990 1991
Killed Injured Total Killed Injured Total
Durham 8 468 476 9 449 458
North Yorkshire 4 575 579 5 507 512
West Yorkshire 20 2,018 2,038 11 1,878 1,889
South Yorkshire 7 1,099 1,106 7 1,017 1,024
Humberside 6 888 894 11 794 805
Cleveland 8 581 589 4 588 592
West Midlands 20 2,444 2,464 22 2,279 2,301
Staffordshire 4 1,022 1,026 10 929 939
West Mercia 13 814 827 3 753 756
Warwickshire 3 381 384 3 304 307
Derbyshire 8 691 699 2 593 595
Nottinghamshire 9 1,006 1,015 13 986 999
Lincolnshire 7 458 465 8 433 441
Leicestershire 10 747 757 7 740 747
Northamptonshire 6 492 498 3 420 423
Cambridgeshire 5 580 585 7 491 498
Norfolk 6 670 676 6 612 618
Suffolk 2 417 419 4 437 441
Bedfordshire 2 452 454 6 437 443
Hertfordshire 3 618 621 4 492 496
Essex 19 1,177 1,196 7 1,036 1,043
Thames Valley 14 1,376 1,390 5 1,176 1,181
Hampshire 16 1,289 1,305 8 1,130 1,138
Surrey 2 675 677 3 546 549
Kent 9 1,054 1,063 16 1,111 1,127
Sussex 11 948 959 3 871 874
City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0
Devon and Cornwall 9 1,055 1,064 5 883 888
Avon and Somerset 4 769 773 7 737 744
Gloucestershire 4 300 304 4 279 283
Wiltshire 4 387 391 7 373 380
Dorset 4 454 458 5 372 377
TOTAL 350 41,221 41,571 315 37,595 37,910
1 Aged 0–15.