HL Deb 20 January 1994 vol 551 cc55-6WA
Lord Stoddart of Swindon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people a day die as a result of road accidents; how many of those are pedestrians; and how many are children.

Lord Mackay of Ardbrecknish

The information requested based on the latest provisional road accident data up to the third quarter of 1993 is shown in the following table.

Road accident fatalities (provisional estimates)
Latest annualized estimate Estimated average fatality rate per day
All fatalities of which: 3,858 10.6
were children 302 0.8
were pedestrians 1,268 3.5

Note: Based upon the sum of four quarters to quarter 3, 1993.