§ David WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many of those who passed the driving test in each of the past five years were under 21 years of age. [17835]
§ Mr. JamiesonIn the last three years the following number of candidates under 21 years of age passed the practical car driving test:
- 1998–99: 338,434
- 1999–2000: 313,0480
- 2000–01: 301,227.
Data on numbers of tests by age of candidates were not compiled before 1998.
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1998 1999 2000 Killed Seriously injured Killed Seriously injured Killed Seriously injured Metropolitan police 2 2 2 1 3 2 Cumbria 4 3 6 5 2 3 Lancashire 5 3 6 4 2 3 Merseyside 6 3 0 2 10 4 Greater Manchester 1 3 8 3 4 3
§ David WrightTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what percentage of(a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in road traffic accidents occurred to passengers where they and the car driver are under 21 years of age, broken down by police authority area, in each of the last three years. [17834]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe percentages of road accident casualties who were aged under 21 and a passenger in a car with a driver who was also under 21 are shown in the table. It should be noted that these percentages are based on small numbers of casualties, in particular, the numbers of this category of fatalities did not exceed 10 for any police force in any of the years for which figures are shown.
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1998 1999 2000 Killed Seriously injured Killed Seriously injured Killed Seriously injured Cheshire 0 4 1 2 3 3 Northumbria 6 2 1 2 0 2 Durham 18 5 3 2 4 7 North Yorkshire 1 3 4 4 1 3 West Yorkshire 2 4 6 3 3 2 South Yorkshire 5 5 6 3 0 2 Humberside 3 3 4 3 4 3 Cleveland 0 2 0 2 4 4 West Midlands 2 3 4 2 4 3 Staffordshire 4 4 2 3 6 4 West Mercia 6 4 4 3 5 4 Warwickshire 4 4 10 4 8 3 Derbyshire 5 4 0 2 3 2 Nottinghamshire 4 3 0 2 4 3 Lincolnshire 0 4 6 4 1 3 Leicestershire 8 5 3 3 3 4 Northamptonshire 2 4 5 3 7 4 Cambridgeshire 2 2 3 4 5 3 Norfolk 3 3 0 4 8 2 Suffolk 0 4 4 4 11 2 Bedfordshire 17 6 0 1 0 3 Hertfordshire 7 6 0 4 2 3 Essex 4 4 4 3 3 3 Thames Valley 3 4 3 2 5 3 Hampshire 0 3 4 3 2 3 Surrey 2 4 2 4 4 2 Kent 1 4 4 3 3 3 Sussex 2 3 5 3 3 3 City of London 0 0 0 0 0 0 Devon and Cornwall 2 3 6 3 5 3 Avon and Somerset 5 2 3 3 2 4 Gloucestershire 4 4 4 4 0 4 Wiltshire 7 3 2 2 0 5 Dorset 0 2 6 3 5 3 North Wales 5 5 2 4 3 6 Gwent 3 1 33 6 4 8 South Wales 5 3 2 6 0 5 Dyfed-Powys 4 3 2 5 3 5 Northern 2 8 3 4 2 3 Grampian 10 7 3 6 4 4 Tayside 0 7 0 2 0 2 Fife 4 5 13 4 17 4 Lothian and Borders 8 4 0 3 5 3 Central 0 2 0 3 0 4 Strathclyde 2 4 6 4 1 2 Dumfries and Galloway 6 5 0 7 0 7 Great Britain 4 3 4 3 4 3