§ Ms WalleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is the current cost of a fatal accident used by his Department's Highways Agency in its cost-benefit analysis used for justifying new highway schemes; and how many fatalities involving HGVs there were in 1991–92, 1992–93, and 1993–94. [27874]
§ Mr. WattsThe latest estimate of the cost of a fatal accident is £913,140—in 1994 prices and values.
The number of fatalities in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles were:
- 1991–92: 759 (of which 359 were on trunk roads)
- 1992–93: 730 (of which 292 were on trunk roads)
- 1993–94: 677 (of which 307 were on trunk roads)