§ Mr. FlynnTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will estimate how many(a) drivers, (b) front seat passengers and (c) back seat passengers have been (i) killed and (ii) injured as a result of not wearing a seat belt in a vehicle in Scotland in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [8227]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 11 December 1996]The table provides the recorded statistics on the number of drivers and passengers killed or injured in Scotland in cars or vans while not wearing a seat belt, whether or not one was fitted. Separate information between front and back seat casualties is only available for cars. Statistics for seat belt wearing are only available until 1993 and only for the occupants of cars and vans. The table does not include figures for casualties where the wearing of a belt was not reported—about 11 per cent. of all casualties.
1991 1992 1993 Killed Injured Killed Injured Killed Injured Car or van drivers 23 332 27 305 26 285 Car or van passengers 52 1501 28 1,087 24 913 Front seat car passengers 15 149 13 142 8 129 Rear seat car passengers 29 1,242 13 874 16 733 All van passengers 8 110 2 71 — 51 Separate information on the number of casualties in Scotland saved by wearing seat belts is not available, but for Great Britain as a whole it is estimated that 510 lives and 8,800 serious injuries have been saved each year as a result of seat belts being worn.