HC Deb 31 January 1995 vol 253 cc588-9W
Ms Coffey

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the number of(a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents to cyclists in each police authority area in 1983; and what is the latest available information.

Mr. Norris

The information requested is shown in the table.

PQ 719/94/95—Number of accidents involving a pedal cyclist, by severity of injury to the cyclist, and by Police Force: GB 1983 and 1993
Accidents
1983 1993
Pedal cyclist— fatal Pedal cyclist— serious or slight injury Pedal cyclist— fatal Pedal cyclist— serious or slight injury
Metropolitan Police 32 5,448 17 4,357
Cumbria 4 227 3 178
Lancashire 8 68O 7 580
Merseyside 2 660 4 615
Greater Manchester 8 1,534 9 1,238
Cheshire 10 615 6 391
Northumbria 2 438 4 382
Durham 4 152 1 156
North Yorkshire 5 441 4 324
West Yorkshire 7 727 4 613
South Yorkshire 4 394 9 378
Humberside 10 733 8 674
Cleveland 2 252 2 205
West Midlands 8 1,162 4 863
Staffordshire 3 594 5 415
West Mercia 10 560 5 471
Warwickshire 7 314 0 224
Derbyshire 6 427 5 319
Nottinghamshire 6 646 3 469
Lincolnshire 9 393 2 308
Leicestershire 6 546 3 414
Northamptonshire 4 209 1 201
Cambridgeshire 7 623 7 715
Norfolk 6 483 2 396
Suffolk 11 400 6 268
Bedfordshire 5 338 2 194
Hertfordshire 7 467 4 327
Essex 10 809 4 611
Thames Valley 16 1,135 7 904
Hampshire 14 1,263 4 1,005
Surrey 3 623 0 400
Kent 7 777 4 548
Sussex 11 806 5 634
City of London 0 41 1 25
Devon and Cornwall 8 607 3 560
Avon and Somerset 9 637 0 486
Gloucestershire 7 355 4 247

PQ 719/94/95—Number of accidents involving a pedal cyclist, by severity of injury to the cyclist, and by Police Force: GB 1983 and 1993
Accidents
1983 1993
Pedal cyclist— fatal Pedal cyclist— serious or slight injury Pedal cyclist— fatal Pedal cyclist— serious or slight injury
Wiltshire 6 397 0 240
Dorset 7 392 2 319
North Wales 0 237 3 179
Gwent 2 131 0 115
South Wales 4 403 2 375
Dyfed-Powys 1 128 1 88
Northern 3 52 1 90
Grampian 3 201 2 139
Tayside 0 128 0 83
Fife 1 109 2 57
Lothian and Borders 2 335 3 289
Central 1 91 1 80
Strathclyde 10 645 9 405
Dumfries and Galloway 2 60 0 20
Total 320 29,825 185 23,574