§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many people have(a) died and (b) suffered injuries through accidents associated with vehicles fitted with bull bars in each year since 1995. [24288]
§ Mr. JamiesonFigures for accidents associated with vehicles fitted with bull bars are not recorded separately. The Transport Research Laboratory carried out a special study of a sample of police reports of accidents involving bull bars and estimated that in 1994 there were around two additional deaths in Great Britain due to bull bars. However, TRL did not find any single case in the sample where a bull bar had definitely caused a death.
§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many vehicles in the UK are fitted with bull bars; and what percentage this represents of the entire vehicle fleet. [24289]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe number of vehicles fitted with bull bars is not officially recorded. In 1997 we estimated that there were around 620,000 vehicles fitted with bull bars in Great Britain. This would have equated to 2.3 per cent. of total licensed vehicles.