§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving heavy goods vehicles there were in each of the last five years for which figures are available by police authority; and how many fatalities and serious injuries there were in each case.
§ Mr. NorrisThe information requested is shown in the following table:
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Personal injury road accidents involving an HGV, by year, police authority: Great Britain 1989–1993 Accidents Police Authority 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 London1 0 0 0 0 0 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 1 Incorporated into the Metropolitan police figure.
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Casualties in personal injury road accidents involving an HGV, by year, police authority and severity: Great Britain 1989–1993 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Police Authority Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Metropolitan Police 65 401 58 381 37 264 39 271 44 218 Cumbria 16 70 33 72 14 46 18 48 17 45 Lancashire 14 42 23 82 8 44 11 49 11 104 Merseyside 8 43 9 51 6 47 7 44 10 36 Greater Manchester 26 100 23 109 24 94 24 91 22 76 Cheshire 29 109 20 91 32 66 16 45 18 66 Northumbria 12 76 17 62 14 61 13 39 5 44 Durham 11 23 11 28 12 20 8 22 7 33 North Yorkshire 36 202 23 173 36 169 21 130 23 149 West Yorkshire 27 133 25 106 24 122 16 120 25 85 South Yorkshire 18 60 13 72 10 73 12 79 20 33
Casualties in personal injury road accidents involving an HGV, by year, police authority and severity: Great Britain 1989–1993 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Police Authority Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Fatal Serious Humberside 11 69 11 56 11 56 19 68 15 81 Cleveland 0 14 1 7 8 10 2 12 0 12 West Midlands 21 142 35 125 14 102 23 102 12 91 Staffordshire 20 80 18 72 12 58 12 52 8 33 West Mercia 41 150 31 109 18 134 23 85 30 62 Warwickshire 26 104 3 76 7 81 16 70 22 62 Derbyshire 22 83 13 68 22 57 17 72 23 58 Nottinghamshire 15 114 22 87 21 70 12 74 9 71 Lincolnshire 22 88 39 103 16 77 20 90 18 79 Leicestershire 20 94 15 77 20 98 24 54 20 51 Northamptonshire 28 160 24 136 23 88 11 80 12 76 Cambridgeshire 23 125 30 120 18 104 15 86 10 88 Norfolk 24 122 17 106 15 114 22 98 18 79 Suffolk 21 86 9 65 6 64 9 61 10 66 Bedfordshire 15 63 12 44 8 27 20 31 15 26 Hertfordshire 10 79 17 75 11 81 8 62 11 85 Essex 24 160 28 107 28 97 21 102 17 100 Thames Valley 34 135 46 152 35 117 34 103 24 89 Hampshire 28 168 34 141 21 113 17 105 18 95 Surrey 10 85 13 77 11 44 4 43 5 46 Kent 34 113 17 108 21 65 27 98 22 113 Sussex 24 97 17 83 12 57 16 66 14 70 City of London1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 20 145 11 111 11 100 13 83 17 77 Avon and Somerset 21 116 18 106 25 71 21 65 15 60 Gloucestershire 16 52 17 37 12 40 10 34 4 24 Wiltshire 16 50 14 70 15 48 18 54 14 73 Dorset 9 48 6 38 13 52 8 41 4 32 North Wales 17 63 10 40 18 52 4 50 12 30 Gwent 2 41 3 18 2 31 6 17 1 25 South Wales 4 49 9 49 5 28 9 36 7 21 Dyfed-Powys 10 83 17 107 13 92 11 82 9 82 Northern 15 39 7 38 8 20 5 30 7 33 Grampian 15 36 9 43 9 33 11 57 9 30 Tayside 29 71 7 70 13 69 11 48 9 60 Fife 5 28 5 18 2 15 2 16 4 8 Lothian and Borders 25 97 15 65 11 37 15 31 9 31 Central 6 30 5 18 3 25 3 16 3 15 Strathclyde 37 199 22 182 36 180 27 143 27 120 Dumfries and Galloway 7 43 3 37 11 32 11 32 13 55 Total 989 4,780 885 4,268 782 3,645 742 3,387 699 3,198 1 Incorporated into the Metropolitan police figure.