§ Mr. HoyleTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if he will make a statement on traffic accident(a)fatalities and (b)serious injuries for each of the last five years. [47425]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe casualty statistics for Great Britain for 2001 are still being compiled. The numbers of people killed and seriously injured in the five previous years were as follows:
Killed Seriously injured 1996 3,598 44,499 1997 3,599 42,984 1998 3,421 40,834 1999 3,423 39,122 2000 3,409 38,155 One of the targets in the Government's road safety strategy "Tomorrow's roads—safer for everyone" is to reduce the number of deaths and serious injuries by 40 per cent. compared with the average for the years 1994 to 1998. The 41,564 deaths and serious injuries in 2000 is 13 per cent. less than the average. We shall be reviewing our targets next year to ensure that they remain both achievable and challenging.
108W
§ Annabelle EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions if provisions of its contract with trunk roads maintenance contractors are made public. [47940]
§ Mr. JamiesonProvisions of contracts with trunk road maintenance contractors, which are commercially confidential, are not made public. Generic documents (model contract) including standard terms and conditions can be made available.
§ Mr. David MarshallTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many workers working on roads and motorways have been(a)killed and (b)injured by vehicles in each of the last five years. [45955]
§ Dr. WhiteheadThe number of injuries to workers hit by vehicles occurring in the processes of road repairs and surfacing, and in street cleaning and verge maintenance, 1996–97 to 2000–011.
§ Mr. KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many road traffic accidents there were in Herefordshire in the last five years that led to fatalities and serious injuries; and if he will make a statement. [46553]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe information is as follows:
Herefordshire Serious injury Fatal 1997 270 16 1998 208 24 1999 179 13 2000 172 12 2001 179 19 The number of killed and seriously injured (KSI) casualties continued to fall to 2000 but there was a slight increase in 2001. The KSI trend is on track to at least meet, if not exceed the national target set for 2010 of a 40 per cent. reduction from the 1994–98 baseline average.