§ Paddy AshdownTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what his estimate is of the number of road accident(a) fatalities and (b) injuries within the Yeovil constituency for each year since 1971; and if he will make a statement. [144608]
§ Mr. Hill[holding answer 18 January 2001]: Road accident casualties are not recorded by the Department at constituency level, however the figures for South Somerset local authority area as a whole are available from 1979 onwards:
Year Killed Injured 1979 21 786 1980 21 776 1981 33 756 1982 15 741 1983 16 778 1984 15 741 1985 17 731 1986 17 750 1987 15 705 1988 18 757 1989 16 746 1990 21 816 1991 34 777 1992 17 661 1993 10 584 1994 14 684 1995 18 741 1996 23 669 1997 9 745 1998 17 793 1999 12 774