HL Deb 03 December 1998 vol 595 cc49-50WA
Viscount Simon

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many people have been killed in each of the last five years:

  1. (a) as a result of road traffic accidents;
  2. (b) as a result of other criminal activity;
and what is the average cost of a typical investigation of these deaths. [HL117]

Lord Whitty

The following information is available:

(a) Great Britain

Year Fatal road casualties1 Homicides2
1993 3,814 681
1994 3,650 743
1995 3,621 796
1996 3,598 722
1997 3,599 738
1 Road accident casualties who sustained injuries which caused death less than 30 days after the accident.
2 Homicides currently recorded by the police (victims of offences of murder, manslaughter or infanticide in England and Wales, and of murder or culpable homicide in Scotland).