HC Deb 22 April 1994 vol 241 cc685-6W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his answer of 19 April,Official Report, column 438, if he will give a breakdown of the regional casualty figures for school minibuses by the number of (a) deaths and (b) injuries.

Mr. Key

Estimates of the information requested are shown in the table. It is not possible to identify school minibuses in the road injury accident data collection system. However, it is possible to identify school pupil casualties in minibuses, during journeys to and from school, and also in other types of journey. Both these categories are included in the table along with children of school age, classified as school pupils, but not necessarily travelling in a school minibus on a school activity.

Minibus1 casualties: number of school pupils2 killed or injured: GB 1988–92
1988
DTp Regions Fatal Serious Slight
Northern 0 1 9
Yorkshire/Humberside 1 1 16
East Midlands 0 0 9
Eastern 2 10 37
South East 3 3 28
Greater London 0 1 9
South West 0 1 23
West Midlands 0 2 22
North West 0 3 53
England 6 22 206
Wales 1 3 20
Scotland 0 13 38
Total 7 38 264
1989
DTp Regions Fatal Serious Slight
Northern 0 0 9
Yorkshire/Humberside 0 4 6
East Midlands 0 6 10
Eastern 3 2 33
South East 0 1 34
Greater London 0 0 9
South West 0 6 25
West Midlands 0 2 24
North West 0 1 27
England 3 22 177
Wales 0 6 27
Scotland 0 4 32
Total 3 32 236
1990
DTp Regions Fatal Serious Slight
Northern 0 2 8
Yorkshire/Humberside 1 6 18
East Midlands 1 6 30
Eastern 0 4 37
DTp Regions Fatal Serious Slight
South-East 1 6 43
Greater London 0 12 6
South West 0 0 28
West Midlands 0 2 10
North West 0 0 54
England 3 38 234
Wales 0 4 10
Scotland 0 5 43
Total 3 47 287
1991
DTp Regions Fatal Serious Slight
Northern 0 0 9
Yorkshire/Humberside 0 8 14
East Midlands 0 1 35
Eastern 1 13 33
South-East 0 0 26
Greater London 0 0 0
South West 0 1 6
West Midlands 0 1 20
North West 0 2 19
England 1 26 162
Wales 0 2 38
Scotland 0 2 21
Total 1 30 221
1992
DTp Regions Fatal Serious Slight
Northern 0 1 15
Yorkshire/Humberside 0 4 16
East Midlands 0 0 34
Eastern 0 4 37
South-East 0 2 36
Greater London 0 0 32
South West 0 0 29
West Midlands 0 1 9
North West 0 0 13
England 0 12 221
Wales 0 2 43
Scotland 0 8 34
Total 0 22 298