§ Mr. CongdonTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has undertaken an accident study of the pilot priority red route in north London since its introduction. [10471]
§ Mr. BowisThe report "A Pilot Red Route Accident Study", commissioned by the Traffic Director for London, has been prepared by the consultants TecnEcon. The report analyses casualty data covering the three years since the pilot scheme was implemented and draws comparisons with the three yeas before the pilot scheme began. It covers the pilot scheme "rat runs" and other roads in the immediate area which were likely to be affected as a result of improvements in traffic flow on the pilot scheme and traffic calming measures. It concludes that the number of people injured in road accidents on or near London's pilot red route has fallen by 15.4 per cent. since the scheme became operational in 1993, and shows impressive reductions in the number of severe casualties—down 32.8 per cent.—and in the number of pedestrians injured—down 29.9 per cent. I have arranged for a copy of the report to be placed in the Library.