HC Deb 10 November 1999 vol 337 cc601-2W
Mr. Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many accidents have been recorded so far in 1999 involving motorcycles; and how many of these were also recorded in the category signifying the presence of oil or diesel on the road surface at the site of the accident. [96973]

Mr. Hill

Data on the presence of oil or diesel on the road at the site of injury accidents involving motorcyclists have been collected for the first time this year. Early indications are that the number of accidents involving motorcycles where oil or diesel was present is a very small proportion of the overall motorcycle accident figure. Full data will be available when "Road Accidents Great Britain 1999" is published in September 2000.

Mr. Öpik

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many accidents have been recorded so far in 1999; and how many of these have been recorded in the category signifying the presence of oil and diesel on the road surface at the site of the accidents. [97099]

Mr. Hill

Data on the presence of oil or diesel on the road at the site of injury accidents have been collected for the first time this year. Early indications are that the number of accidents where oil or diesel was present is a very small proportion of the overall accident figure. Full data will be available when "Road Accidents Great Britain 1999" is published in September 2000.