§ Ms CoffeyTo 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. NorrisThe information requested is shown in the table.
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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