§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the change in the number of injuries and fatalities in bus and coach transport between 1997 and 2001. [76950]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe table shows the numbers of casualties by severity for bus or coach drivers and passengers between 1997 and 2001.
Although total bus and coach occupant casualties in 2001 were 5 per cent. higher than in 1997, the number killed and seriously injured fell by 6 per cent. There has been little change in fatalities within the total.
Bus and coach user casualties: 1997–2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Drivers Killed 2 1 0 1 4 KSI1 75 69 67 51 64 All severities 833 907 908 1,024 992 Passengers2 Killed 12 17 11 14 10 KSI 526 562 544 527 498 All severities 8,606 8,932 9,344 9,064 8,892 All occupants2 Killed 14 18 11 15 14 KSI 601 631 611 578 562 All severities 9,439 9,839 10,252 10,088 9,884 1 Killed or seriously injured 2 Includes boarding and alighting