§ Mr. LazarowiczTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many(a) fatal, (b) severe non-fatal and (c) other non-fatal injuries have been sustained in road traffic accidents by (i) drivers, (ii) passengers, (iii) cyclists and (iv) pedestrians in each of the last 10 years. [30327]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe information requested is shown in the tables.
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(i) Driver and rider1 casualties in Great Britain Fatal Serious Slight 1991 1,894 23,310 122,048 1992 1,815 21,936 124,169 1993 1,622 20,504 125,833 1994 1,609 20,935 131,168 1995 1,613 20,618 129,550 1996 1,670 20,427 137,823 1997 1,748 20,489 144,700 1998 1,712 19,519 147,002
(i) Driver and rider1 casualties in Great Britain Fatal Serious Slight 1999 1,709 19,058 146,149 2000 1,772 19,127 150,224 1Excludes pedal cycle riders. Includes drivers and riders of all other types of motor and non-motor vehicles.
(ii) Passenger1 casualties in Great Britain Fatal Serious Slight 1991 936 10,833 73,500 1992 863 10,684 74,905 1993 765 9,483 75,713 1994 745 9,970 77,398 1995 757 9,902 76,219 1996 728 9,871 79,025 1997 695 9,033 80,901 1998 645 8,586 79,939 1999 672 8,105 78,889 2000 653 7,744 78,118 1 Excludes passengers on pedal cycles.
(iii) Pedal cyclist casualties in Great Britain Fatal Serious Slight 1991 242 3,947 20,628 1992 204 3,788 20,777 1993 186 3,611 20,290 1994 172 3,829 20,838 1995 213 3,754 20,978 1996 203 3,586 20,795 1997 183 3,409 21,044 1998 158 3,154 19,611 1999 172 3,004 19,664 2000 127 2,643 17,842
(iv) Pedestrian casualties in Great Britain Fatal Serious Slight 1991 1,496 13,528 39,006 1992 1,347 12,848 37,417 1993 1,241 11,422 35,465 1994 1,124 11,806 35,765 1995 1,038 11,259 34,786 1996 997 10,615 34,838 1997 973 10,053 34,575 1998 906 9,575 34,405 1999 879 8,955 33,063 2000 857 8,641 32,535
§ Mr. WigginTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many road traffic accidents there were last year involving children in(a) 30 mph zones and (b) 40 mph zones. [30775]
§ Mr. JamiesonIn Great Britain in 2000 there were 27,731 injury road accidents on roads with a 30 mph speed limit which involved a child casualty. There were 2,151 such accidents on roads with a 40 mph speed limit. These figures include accidents involving children aged under 16 and travelling as any category of road user, including pedestrians, cyclists and passengers.