HC Deb 14 October 1996 vol 282 cc680-1W
Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) deaths (b) serious injuries and (c) minor injuries were caused to coach and bus passengers in each of the last 10 years excluding motorway accidents; and what percentage of the passengers in each category were standing. [40308]

Mr. Bowis

The numbers of bus and coach passenger casualties in non-motorway accidents in Great Britain are as follows for each of the last 10 years, together with the proportion who were standing in each injury category.

Year Death Percentage standing Serious injuries Percentage standing Minor injuries Percentage standing
1986 22 36 757 31 8,128 35
1987 12 42 727 33 7,600 32
1988 14 36 793 34 7,996 32
1989 18 11 757 33 8,627 31
1990 16 19 682 31 8,361 32
1991 25 28 624 31 7,444 32
1992 13 31 567 34 7,718 30
1993 22 18 610 30 7,845 28
1994 19 16 703 29 8,395 25
1995 21 24 699 26 7,643 27

Mr. Pike

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many(a) deaths, (b) serious injuries and (c) minor injuries were caused to coach and bus passengers in motorway accidents in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of the passengers in each category were standing. [40470]

Year Deaths Percentage standing Serious Percentage standing Minor Percentage standing
1986 1 100 24 13 92 4
1987 3 0 30 3 187 2
1988 0 0 26 0 101 5
1989 1 0 4 0 126 2
1990 0 0 39 0 194 4
1991 0 0 14 0 110 5
1992 3 0 10 10 114 6
1993 10 0 24 0 146 1
1994 1 0 29 3 196 2
1995 13 0 17 18 143 3