HC Deb 16 October 1995 vol 264 cc87-8W
Ms Walley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list for each of the last five years the number of serious injuries and fatalities sustained on the River Thames. [36683]

Mr. Norris

Figures for the central area of the Thames, between Staines and Dartford creek are as follows1

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994
Bodies recovered 43 44 51 46 43
Accidents where ambulance called 14 17 11 13 12
Persons rescued from the river 568 855 119 120 175
Attempted suicides 44 60 64 102 111
1 Figures provided by Thames division, Metropolitan police.