HC Deb 03 December 2002 vol 395 c674W
Mr. Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many traffic accidents resulted in a fatality in Lancashire in each of the last five years. [85342]

Mr. Jamieson

Figures for road fatalities in Lancashire for 2001 and the five preceding years are shown in the table.

The first column shows the number of accidents in which fatalities occurred, and the second column gives the total number of people killed as a result of those accidents.

Number of fatal accidents Number of fatal casualties
1996 81 87
1997 75 79
1998 81 84
1999 70 79
2000 60 65
2001 74 76