§ Mrs. Dunwoodyto ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many individuals have been injured as a result of road accidents attributed to(a) road surface defects, (b) road works, (c) defective or obscured road signs and (d) defective traffic signals for each of the last 10 years. [29554]
§ Mr. NorrisThe number of casualties involved in injury road accidents where road works were present is shown in the following table:
Number of casualties from injury road accidents where road works were present: GB 1984 1984–1994 Casualties At road works All 1984 526 324,314 1985 564 317,524 1986 641 321,451 1987 665 311,473 1988 628 322,305 1989 635 341,592 1990 708 341,141 1991 628 311,269 1992 541 310,673 1993 599 306,020 1994 585 315,189 The presence of road works does not necessarily indicate that they were the cause of the accident. Information about casualties in accidents attributed to road surface defects, defective or obscured road signs and defective traffic signals is not available.