HC Deb 13 February 2002 vol 380 cc379-80W
Mr. Terry Lewis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many motorway accidents involving heavy goods vehicles there were in each of the last five years; and how many of such accidents involved foreign-owned and operated vehicles. [33268]

Mr. Jamieson

The number of personal injury motorway accidents involving heavy goods vehicles is as follows.

Injury road accidents on motorways1 involving HGVs2
Year Number
1996 1,796
1997 2,000
1998 2,109
1999 2,342
2000 2,416
1Includes motorway standard A roads
2Goods vehicles over 3.5 tonnes

Reliable information on the number of accident involving foreign heavy goods vehicles is not available.