HC Deb 16 May 1995 vol 260 cc114-6W
Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what were the national quarterly figures for(a) pedestrian deaths, (b) pedestrian serious injuries, and (c) pedestrian slight injuries for people aged 60 years and over for the period 1990 to 1993; [24453]

(2) what were the national quarterly figures for (a) pedestrian deaths, (b) pedestrian serious injuries, and (c) pedestrian slight injuries for people aged 60 years and over for his Department's baseline years of 1981 and 1985.[24455]

Mr. Norris

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Pedestrian casualties aged 60 and over
Number of casualties
Fatal Serious Slight Total
1981 947 3,912 6,334 11,193
1985 869 3,866 6,060 10,795
1981–1985 Average 895.6 3,908.8 6,340.0 11,144.4
1990 Quarter 1 254 968 1,806 3,028
Quarter 2 167 642 1,369 2,178
Quarter 3 141 692 1,387 2,220
Quarter 4 277 1,115 1,879 3,271
Total 839 3,417 6,441 10,697
1991 Quarter 1 178 812 1,488 2,478
Quarter 2 128 619 1,308 2,055
Quarter 3 172 661 1,362 2,195
Quarter 4 276 990 1,704 2,970
Total 754 3,082 5,862 9,698
1992 Quarter 1 172 767 1,320 2,259
Quarter 2 120 545 1,170 1,835
Quarter 3 156 559 1,203 1,918
Quarter 4 230 924 1,655 2,809
Total 678 2,795 5,348 8,821
1993 Quarter 1 171 646 1,298 2,115
Quarter 2 102 515 1,168 1,785
Quarter 3 119 572 1,166 1,857
Quarter 4 240 858 1,560 2,658
Total 632 2,591 5,192 8,415

Mr. Burden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what were the quarterly figures for(a) pedestrian deaths, (b) pedestrian serious injuries and (c) pedestrian slight injuries for people aged 60 years and over in Birmingham for the period 1990 to 1993. [24456]

Mr. Norris

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Severity
Year Quarter Fatal Serious Slight Total
1990 Q1 1 23 42 66
Q2 9 17 22 48
Q3 2 7 26 35
Q4 7 25 40 72
1991 Q1 5 23 34 62
Q2 2 14 32 48
Q3 3 17 37 57

Severity
Year Quarter Fatal Serious Slight Total
Q4 6 27 28 61
1992 Q1 6 18 36 60
Q2 5 12 46 63
Q3 3 16 30 49
Q4 6 24 47 77
1993 Q1 3 19 22 44
Q2 1 9 31 41
Q3 4 19 21 44
Q4 6 26 42 74
Annual totals
1990 19 72 130 221
1991 16 81 131 228
1992 20 70 159 249
1993 14 73 116 203