HC Deb 13 January 2000 vol 342 cc209-10W
Mr. Blizzard

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will make a statement on the accident rates including fatalities for(a) single and (b) dual carriageway roads. [104116]

Mr. Hill

Accident rates on single and dual carriageway roads are given in the table.

Accident rates for single and dual carriageway roads in Great Britain: 1998
Accident rate per hundred million vehicle kms
Single carriageway Dual carriageway1 All roads2
Fatal 0.8 0.4 0.7
Fatal and Serious Accidents 9.9 4.0 8.2
All Personal Injury Accidents 59 27 52
1 Includes motorways
2 Includes accidents at roundabouts and those where carriageway type is unknown