§ Ms DrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many people have been(a) killed and (b) injured on the roads as a result of accidents involving (i) bus, (ii) coach and (iii) lorry drivers in each of the last three years to which the figures are available [18067]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe following table shows the road casualty figures for accidents in Great Britain involving buses and coaches and for accidents involving a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) of over 3.5 tonnes gvw (maximum permissible gross vehicle weight). It is not possible to present separate figures for accidents involving buses and 615W for accidents involving coaches. The figures include driver casualties in the specified vehicle type where these occurred.
Road users killed in accidents involving Road users injured in accidents involving a bus or coach an HGV a bus or coach an HGV 1998 152 576 16,081 18,122 1999 145 620 16,567 19,180 2000 149 560 16,412 19,233
§ Ms DrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many road accidents have involved(a) coach, and (b) bus and (c) lorry drivers in each of the last three years for which figures are available. [18091]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe following table shows the figures for road accidents in Great Britain involving buses and coaches and for accidents involving a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) of over 3.5 tonnes gvw (maximum permissible gross vehicle weight). The statistics relate only to accidents that resulted in personal injury. It is not possible to present separate figures for accidents involving buses and for accidents involving coaches.
These statistics do not indicate whether the driver of the specified vehicle type was the injured party.
Personal injury accidents involving a bus or coach an HGV 1998 11,762 14,526 1999 11,888 15,191 2000 11,733 15,194