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Mr. Foulkes
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the accident statistics for each stretch of the A76 on comparable basis with the A77, A74 and A96 over the past four years. [27376]
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton: The information requested is as follows:
| Route: A76 |
| Section: Dumfries to Marchburn |
| Length Kms.: 53.03 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
2 |
17 |
35 |
54 |
0.47 |
| 1992 |
2 |
7 |
19 |
28 |
0.25 |
| 1993 |
4 |
14 |
27 |
45 |
0.39 |
| 1994 |
2 |
14 |
20 |
36 |
0.32 |
| Route: A76 |
| Section: Marchburn to Kilmarnock |
| Length Kms.: 36.86 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
1 |
11 |
27 |
39 |
0.50 |
| 1992 |
3 |
9 |
22 |
34 |
0.43 |
| 1993 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
19 |
0.24 |
| 1994 |
2 |
3 |
18 |
23 |
0.29 |
| Route: A76 |
| Section: Dumfries to Kilmarnock (whole trunk road) |
| Length Kms.: 89.89 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
3 |
28 |
62 |
93 |
0.48 |
| 1992 |
5 |
16 |
41 |
62 |
0.32 |
| 1993 |
6 |
19 |
39 |
64 |
0.33 |
| 1994 |
4 |
17 |
38 |
59 |
0.31 |
583W
| Route: A77 |
| Section: Stranraer to Ayr |
| Length Kms.: 83.18 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
3 |
19 |
33 |
55 |
0.37 |
| 1992 |
6 |
24 |
47 |
77 |
0.51 |
| 1993 |
3 |
18 |
39 |
60 |
0.40 |
| 1994 |
0 |
26 |
48 |
74 |
0.49 |
| Route: A77 |
| Section: Ayr to Glasgow city boundary |
| Length Kms.: 46.70 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
8 |
29 |
75 |
112 |
0.29 |
| 1992 |
5 |
31 |
72 |
108 |
0.28 |
| 1993 |
3 |
18 |
64 |
85 |
0.22 |
| 1994 |
3 |
22 |
57 |
82 |
0.21 |
| Route: A771 |
| Section: Stranraer to Glasgow city boundary (whole trunk road) |
| Length Kms.: 129.88 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
11 |
48 |
108 |
167 |
0.31 |
| 1992 |
11 |
55 |
119 |
185 |
0.35 |
| 1993 |
6 |
36 |
103 |
145 |
0.27 |
| 1994 |
3 |
48 |
105 |
156 |
0.29 |
| 1 The accident rates in this table reflect corrections to traffic flow data used in the answer given to the hon. Member on 23 February [OR volume 225, number 63, column 601–603]. |
| Route: A77 |
| Section: Within Glasgow city boundary |
| Length Kms.: 6.00 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
1 |
28 |
65 |
94 |
1.67 |
| 1992 |
0 |
21 |
57 |
78 |
1.38 |
| 1993 |
0 |
14 |
50 |
64 |
1.13 |
| 1994 |
0 |
20 |
42 |
62 |
1.10 |
| Route: A74 |
| Section: National boundary to Millbank1 |
| Length Kms.: 92 16.00 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
4 |
31 |
76 |
111 |
0.15 |
| 1992 |
8 |
26 |
55 |
89 |
0.12 |
| 1993 |
7 |
24 |
50 |
81 |
0.11 |
| 1994 |
1 |
21 |
37 |
59 |
0.08 |
| 1 The construction worked related to the upgrading of the A74 to motorway has been underway during the reporting period making separation of individual dual and motorway sections impractical for this report. |
584W
| Route: M74 |
| Section: Millbank to Maryville |
| Length Kms.: 35.83 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
4 |
9 |
23 |
36 |
0.09 |
| 1992 |
0 |
11 |
26 |
36 |
0.09 |
| 1993 |
1 |
8 |
20 |
29 |
0.07 |
| 1994 |
1 |
9 |
43 |
53 |
0.13 |
| Route: A74/M74 |
| Section: National boundary to Maryville(whole trunk road) |
| Length Kms.: 127 99 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
8 |
40 |
99 |
147 |
0.13 |
| 1992 |
8 |
37 |
81 |
126 |
0.11 |
| 1993 |
8 |
32 |
70 |
110 |
0.09 |
| 1994 |
2 |
30 |
80 |
112 |
0.10 |
| Route: M74 |
| Section: Within Glasgow city boundary |
| Length Kms.: 5 50 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
1 |
17 |
51 |
69 |
1.73 |
| 1992 |
1 |
13 |
42 |
56 |
1.40 |
| 1993 |
3 |
15 |
26 |
44 |
1.10 |
| 1994 |
0 |
13 |
27 |
40 |
1.00 |
| Route: A96 |
| Section: Aberdeen to Fochabers |
| Length Kms.: 85.63 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
3 |
26 |
58 |
87 |
0.33 |
| 1992 |
3 |
28 |
71 |
102 |
0.39 |
| 1993 |
2 |
19 |
65 |
86 |
0.32 |
| 1994 |
5 |
16 |
52 |
73 |
0.28 |
| Route: A96 |
| Section: Fochabers to Inverness |
| Length Kms.: 73.01 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
3 |
22 |
52 |
77 |
0.26 |
| 1992 |
6 |
13 |
56 |
75 |
0.25 |
| 1993 |
4 |
13 |
47 |
64 |
0.21 |
| 1994 |
2 |
12 |
42 |
56 |
0.19 |
585W
| Route: A96 |
| Section: Aberdeen to Inverness (whole trunk road) |
| Length Kms.: 158.63 |
|
Personal injury accidents |
|
| Year |
Fatal |
Serious |
Slight |
Total |
Section accident rate |
| 1991 |
6 |
48 |
110 |
164 |
0.29 |
| 1992 |
9 |
41 |
127 |
177 |
0.31 |
| 1993 |
6 |
32 |
112 |
150 |
0.27 |
| 1994 |
7 |
28 |
94 |
129 |
0.23 |
The accident rates shown in all the tables are expressed in numbers of personal injury accidents per million vehicle kilometres travelled. The traffic flows are estimated from sample counts taken at specific sites and updated annually using national growth factors.
| Table 1: Total numbers of cancers registered and numbers registered from death certificates only by site of cancer, geographical area of residence at time of diagnosis and sex, Argyll and Clyde health board, 1984–89 |
| (A) All malignant neoplasms (ICD-9 140–2081) |
|
Total numbers of registrations |
Numbers of registrations made from death certificates only |
| Area of residence at diagnosis |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
| Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |
1,156 |
1,163 |
75 |
81 |
| Area 2 PA1-PA9 |
2,085 |
2,063 |
216 |
178 |
| Area 3 PA10-PA19 |
1,474 |
1,410 |
61 |
54 |
| Area 4 PA20-PA29 |
514 |
578 |
17 |
44 |
| Area 5 PA30-PA39 |
291 |
296 |
12 |
17 |
| Area 6 PA40-PA49 |
36 |
43 |
3 |
0 |
| Area 7 PA60-PA69 |
11 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
| Area 8 PA70-PA79 |
38 |
36 |
4 |
1 |
| Argyll and Clyde health board |
5,605 |
5,603 |
388 |
375 |
| 1 Excludes registrations of non-melanoma skin cancer (ICD-9 173). |
| (B) Cancer of the large bowel (ICD-9 153+154) |
|
Total numbers of registrations |
Numbers of registrations made from death certificates only |
| Area of residence at diagnosis |
Males |
Females |
Males |
Females |
| Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |
137 |
165 |
3 |
16 |
| Area 2 PA1-PA9 |
203 |
271 |
16 |
25 |
| Area 3 PA10-PA19 |
150 |
171 |
7 |
8 |
| Area 4 PA20-PA29 |
76 |
81 |
3 |
9 |
| Area 5 PA30-PA39 |
47 |
49 |
5 |
1 |
| Area 6 PA40-PA49 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Area 7 PA60-PA69 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| Area 8 PA70-PA79 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
0 |
| Argyll and Clyde Health Board |
627 |
752 |
34 |
59 |
| (c) Cancer of the prostate (ICD-9 1985) and female breast (ICD-9 174) |
|
Total numbers of registrations |
Numbers of registrations made from death certificates only |
| Area of residence at diagnosis |
Males: prostate |
Females: breast |
Males: prostate |
Females: breast |
| Area 1 G52, G53, G60, G78, G82, G83, G84 |
87 |
303 |
7 |
16 |
| Area 2 PA1-PA9 |
177 |
422 |
9 |
29 |
| Area 3 PA10-PA19 |
136 |
325 |
9 |
9 |
| Area 4 PA20-PA29 |
52 |
123 |
2 |
15 |
| Area 5 PA3O-PA39 |
39 |
75 |
1 |
1 |
| Area 6 PA40-PA49 |
4 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
| Area 7 PA60-PA69 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Area 8 PA70-PA79 |
5 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
| Argyll and Clyde health board |
501 |
1,274 |
30 |
70 |
586W