HC Deb 25 May 1999 vol 332 cc86-7W
Mr. Jim Cunningham

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many road fatalities there were among(a) cyclists and (b) pedestrians in (i) Coventry, (ii) the United Kingdom and (iii) each EU member state in the last year for which figures are available. [85259]

Ms Glenda Jackson

[holding answer 24 May 1999]: The information requested is shown in the following table.

Pedal cyclists killed 1997 Pedestrians killed 1997
Coventry 1 5
United Kingdom 187 1,010
Austria 66 156
Belgium 122 142
Denmark 65 87
Finland 61 69
France 348 982
Germany 679 1,147
Greece n/a n/a
Irish Republic 24 130
Italy 429 894
Luxembourg1 2 7
Netherlands 240 119
Pedal cyclists killed 1997 Pedestrians killed 1997
Portugal 75 624
Spain 116 960
Sweden 42 74
11996 figures
Sources:

OECD—International Road traffic Accident Database for EU data. DETR, DOE (NI)—for UK data.