HC Deb 18 May 2000 vol 350 cc250-1W
Mr. Jenkin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list all casualties and accidents on the A 14 involving heavy goods vehicles in the last 10 years. [122484]

Mr. Hill

[holding answer 16 May 2000]: The data from 1995 to 1998 are given in the tables. The A14 has been in its present form only since 19 July 1994, when the A45 between Felixstowe and the M11 at Cambridge and the A604 between the M11 and the A6 at Kettering became the A14 and a new length of Road between the A6 and the M1 was opened. Previous data for the A14 are not comparable.

Road accidents involving HGVs: 1995–98
Accident severity
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total
1995 7 30 66 103
1996 4 25 76 105
1997 5 28 78 111
1998 4 17 92 113

Casualties in road accidents involving HGVs: 1995–98
Casualty severity
Year Fatal Serious Slight Total
1995 10 40 81 131
1996 7 38 94 139
1997 8 41 91 140
1998 6 26 112 144