HC Deb 14 July 1994 vol 246 cc718-9W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by police force area the number of accidents involving heavy goods vehicles for each of the last five years.

Mr. Key

The information requested is shown in the table.

Injury involving HGVs, by Police Force Area: Great Britain 1989–1993
Accidents
Police Force Code 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
Metropolitan Police 1,733 1,684 1,302 1,169 1,195
Cumbria 165 176 154 156 159
Lancashire 220 281 213 237 281
Merseyside 255 292 283 286 281
Greater Manchester 702 667 606 573 619
Cheshire 475 403 364 339 418
Northumbria 249 255 232 184 212
Durham 112 124 120 113 118
North Yorkshire 403 347 351 312 292
West Yorkshire 464 454 499 441 453
South Yorkshire 308 292 286 269 255
Humberside 219 232 214 261 230
Cleveland 91 69 87 66 63
West Midlands 495 479 407 421 414
Staffordshire 327 355 368 363 358
West Mercia 382 366 329 290 257
Warwickshire 247 225 176 172 191
Derbyshire 316 303 277 280 256
Nottinghamshire 320 283 289 267 259
Lincolnshire 278 287 219 245 246
Leicestershire 311 315 294 269 281
Northamptonshire 331 291 263 228 218
Cambridgeshire 376 327 281 272 264
Norfolk 322 255 260 276 227
Suffolk 234 190 159 166 160
Bedfordshire 252 196 157 146 165
Hertfordshire 317 268 233 210 287
Essex 621 471 427 418 456
Thames Valley 624 517 528 508 529
Hampshire 474 440 387 362 370
Surrey 320 306 233 224 224
Kent 477 456 375 436 429
Sussex 357 321 294 283 293
City of London 22 31 9 8 7
Devon and Cornwall 365 344 289 259 293
Avon and Somerset 319 290 265 266 254
Gloucestershire 154 141 130 119 130
Wiltshire 212 211 187 193 260
Dorset 178 161 147 148 144
North Wales 210 196 212 182 159
Gwent 107 104 113 90 91
South Wales 212 228 216 225 197
Dyfed-Powys 168 207 206 197 168
Northern 78 83 43 62 60
Grampian 121 135 145 126 114
Tayside 134 133 113 105 115
Fife 68 50 52 52 47
Lothian and Borders 216 175 154 141 140
Central 79 47 58 56 50
Strathclyde 611 542 519 480 397
Dumfries and Galloway 98 89 100 73 94
Total 16,107 15,063 13,616 13,016 13,173