Heavy Goods Vehicles

HC Deb 19 July 2004 vol 424 c17W

Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles using the UK's roads were heavy goods vehicles in each of the last three years for which figures are available; how many road accidents involved

	Road accidents involving HGVs	People killed in road accidents involving HGVs	People injured in road accidents involving HGVs
	Number	Percentage of all road accidents	Number	Percentage of all road fatalities	Number	Percentage of all injured road casualties
2001	14,160	6	578	16	18,738	6
2002	12,894	6	532	15	17,058	5
2003	12,643	6	530	14	16,758	6

Mr. Drew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many licensed heavy goods vehicles there were in the UK in each of the last 10 years. [184333]

Mr. Jamieson

The number of heavy goods vehicles licensed at the end of each of the last 10 years in the United Kingdom are as follows:

	Number of heavy goods vehicles
1994	430,500
1995	434,200
1996	438,000
1997	440,600
1998	439,500
1999	439,900
2000	443,300
2001	449,100
2002	453,000
2003	455,600