§ Sue Doughty:To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many lorries have crashed through barriers on (a) dual carriageways and (b) motorways in each of the last five years. [143011]
§ Mr. Jamieson:The following table shows numbers of Heavy Goods Vehicles that have either hit the central reservation or crossed it for both motorways and dual carriageways for the years 1999–2002. The information is not available for 1998.
Vehicles 1 Crossed central reservation Hit central reservation Hit near/off side crash barrier Dual Carriageways 1999 42 171 104 2000 57 168 112 2001 48 152 118 2002 46 150 120 Motorways 1999 20 98 76 2000 31 86 89 2001 21 81 95 2002 26 80 95 1 May include vehicles that either "hit the central reservation" or "near/offside crash barrier".