§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will publish a breakdown of the main reasons for child road deaths in each of the last three years. [157095]
§ Mr. Hill[holding answer 5 April 2001]: Statistics on the main contributory factors in child road fatalities are not available. However, the main road user types of child fatalities can be identified as follows:
Child fatalities aged 0–15: Great Britain 1997 1998 1999 Pedestrians 138 103 107 Cyclists 33 32 36 Car occupants 74 64 71 Others 10 7 7 All road users 255 206 221