§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish figures relating to car accidents involving(a) private cars, (b) company cars and (c) rental cars by (i) vehicles and (ii) mileage travelled. [26773]
§ Mr. NorrisSome of the information requested is published in the report "Cars: Make and Model: The Risk of Driver Injury and Car Accident Rates in Great Britain: 1994".
248WThe following table shows a summary of the available data which are contained in this report. Rental cars are included in the category of company-owned cars and it is not possible to identify rented vehicles from the available accident record.
Injury accident involvement per 10,000 licensed vehicles in each group Privately owned Company owned Fatal or serious All Fatal or serious All Registered on or since 1 January 1992 Standard performance 23 144 30 198 High performance 27 143 32 216 Registered before 1 January 1992 Standard performance 23 150 25 156 High performance 31 176 27 157 Corresponding estimates of mileage travelled are not available. However, the following annual average mileage estimates have been drawn from the 1992–94 national travel survey and are included in the report.
Estimated annual average mileage by age and ownership of car Age of vehicle Privately owned Company owned Up to 1 year old 10,200 22,000 Over 1 and up to 2 years old 10,000 23,000 Over 2 and up to 3 years old 9,900 21,200 Over 3 years old 8,100 17,700 All ages 8,600 20,800