HC Deb 02 May 1996 vol 276 cc626-7W
Mr. Llwyd

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many schoolchildren were(a) killed and (b) injured in road accidents in each of the last three years for which information is available, in each district and county council in Wales; and if he will make a statement. [27435]

Mr. Gwilym Jones

The information requested is given in the following table. The data refer to personal injury road accidents reported to the police and forwarded to the Welsh Office.

Children of school age (5 to 15) killed or injured on Welsh roads
1993 1994 1995
Killed Injured Total casualties Killed Injured Total casualties Killed Injured Total casualties
Dinefwr 20 20 1 30 31 26 26
Llanelli 42 42 55 55 48 48
Preseli Pembrokeshire 26 26 1 47 48 33 33
South Pembrokeshire 95 95 47 47 29 29
Dyfed total 1 257 258 2 269 271 1 203 204
Gwent
Blaenau Gwent 48 48 46 46 48 48
Islwyn 34 34 1 35 36 44 44
Monmouth 50 50 59 59 52 52
Newport 78 78 1 88 89 2 91 93
Torfaen 1 54 55 3 41 44 52 52
Gwent total 1 264 265 5 269 274 2 287 289
Gwynedd
Aberconwy 41 41 32 32 32 32
Arfon 1 112 113 1 36 37 86 86
Dwyfor 1 12 13 14 14 1 20 21
Meirionydd 29 29 39 39 29 29
Ynys Mon 47 47 33 33 33 33
Gwynedd total 2 241 243 1 154 155 1 200 201
Mid Glamorgan
Cynon Valley 31 31 55 55 31 31
Merthyr Tydfil 1 85 86 2 87 89 1 99 100
Ogwr 59 59 79 79 1 74 75
Rhondda 1 73 74 2 58 60 68 68
Rhymney Valley 62 62 1 39 40 66 66
Taff-Ely 36 36 28 28 1 33 34
Mid Glamorgan total 2 346 348 5 346 351 3 371 374
Powys
Brecknock 32 32 37 37 26 26
Montgomeryshire 8 8 13 13 7 7
Radnorshire 18 18 29 29 26 26
Powys total 58 58 79 79 59 59
South Glamorgan
Cardiff 1 189 190 1 231 232 187 187
Vale of Glamorgan 2 70 72 1 63 64 59 59
South Glamorgan total 3 259 262 2 294 296 246 246
West Glamorgan
Port Talbot 34 34 32 32 1 27 28
Lliw Valley 40 40 1 34 35 32 32
Neath 47 47 50 50 41 41
Swansea 126 126 1 125 126 118 118
West Glamorgan total 247 247 2 241 243 1 218 219
Wales 12 1, 970 1, 982 19 2, 001 2, 020 10 1, 914 1, 924