HC Deb 01 December 2003 vol 415 cc4-5W
John Thurso

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what(a) number and (b) percentage of deaths and (ii) serious injuries from road accidents resulted from a crash involving a heavy goods vehicle in each year since 1997 (A) in total and (B) broken down by (1) daytime and (2) night-time periods. [141151]

Casualties in road accidents involving HGVs
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002
Daylight
Deaths 408 401 458 387 401 365
Percentage of all fatalities in daylight 19.6 20.1 22.9 19.6 20.2 18.4
Serious injuries 2,204 2,026 2,114 2,092 1,979 1,819
Percentage of all serious injuries in daylight 7.7 7.5 8.0 8.3 8.1 7.8
Darkness
Deaths 127 175 162 173 174 167
Percentage of all fatalities in darkness 8.4 12.3 11.4 12.0 11.8 11.6
Serious injuries 720 666 656 627 585 555
Percentage of all serious injuries in darkness 5.0 4.9 5.2 4.9 4.6 4.4
Total
Deaths 535 576 620 560 575 532
Percentage of all fatalities 14.9 16.8 18.1 16.4 16.7 15.5
Serious injuries 2,924 2,692 2,771 2,719 2,564 2,374
Percentage of all serious injuries 6.8 6.6 7.1 7.1 6.9 6.6

Darkness is half an hour after sunset to half an hour before sunrise. Daylight is all other times.

John Thurso

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total vehicle kilometres of a heavy goods vehicle were for each year since 1997(a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) daytime and (ii) night-time periods. [141152]

Mr. Jamieson

Estimated total vehicle kilometres by HGVs in Great Britain for each year since 1997 are given in the following table. It is not possible to distinguish traffic in daylight hours and hours of darkness.

Heavy goods vehicle traffic: 1997–2002
Billion vehicle kilometers
All goods vehicles1
1997 26.8
1998 27.9
1999 28.1
2000 28.2
2001 28.0
2002 28.3
1Goods vehicles over 3,500 kgs gross vehicle weight

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