HC Deb 18 May 1995 vol 260 c349W
Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the likely reduction in the numbers of serious and fatal accidents if steel or concrete light standards and telegraph poles were replaced by aluminium poles and standards. [24904]

Mr. Norris

The information requested is not available.

Mr. Flynn

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) serious and (b) fatal accidents involved collision with lighting standards and telephone poles in each of the last five years. [24905]

Mr. Norris

The information requested is shown in the table:

Fatal and serious accidents involving collision with lamp posts, telegraph poles or electricity poles: Great Britain 1989–93
Number of accidents
One vehicle only involved Pedestrian and one vehicle involved
Object hit Year Fatal Serious Fatal Serious
Lamp post 1989 94 866 4 20
1990 110 854 6 25
1991 91 683 6 32
1992 93 627 5 26
1993 70 586 4 16
Telegraph pole or electricity pole
1989 45 290 0 5
1990 34 288 3 3
1991 27 234 3 9
1992 25 213 1 6
1993 28 182 0 1