§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what further steps he proposes to take to ensure that road safety targets for 2010 are met; to what extent the most recent road safety statistics are in line with current targets. [59603]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe Government's strategy for achieving its casualty reduction targets for 2010 was set out inTomorrow's roads—safer for everyone published in March 2000. We publish quarterly progress reports on the department's website.
There were 41,564 road deaths and serious injuries in Great Britain in 2000—the latest figure currently available. This was 2 per cent down on the figure for 1999 and represented a 13 per cent reduction against the average for 1994 to 1998 which is the baseline for the 40 per cent reduction that we want to achieve by 2010.
There were 5,202 child road deaths and serious injuries. This was 9 per cent down on the figure for 1999 and a 24 per cent reduction against the 1994–1998 baseline for the 50 per cent reduction we want to achieve by 2010.