§ Mr. OatenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accidents involving ambulances took place in each London borough in 2003. [160206]
§ Mr. JamiesonI have been asked to reply.
Year 2003 data are not yet available. Figures for 2002 are shown in the following table.
Number of accidents involving an ambulance1, by London borough: 2002 Accidents London borough Number Westminster 1 Camden 0 Islington 3 Hackney 5 Tower Hamlets 0 Greenwich 2 Lewisham 2 Southwark 2 Lambeth 5 Wandsworth 3 Hammersmith 0 Kensington and Chelsea 1 Waltham Forest 0 Redbridge 3 Havering 2 Barking 0 Newham 2 Bexley 0 Bromley 1 Croydon 1 Sutton 0 Merton 0 Kingston-upon-Thames 0 Richmond-upon-Thames 1 Hounslow 0 Hillingdon 0 Ealing 1 Brent 2 Harrow 2 Barnet 2 Haringey 2 Enfield 4 City of London 0 Greater London 47 1Vehicles with body type "ambulance". Body type is only known for 70–80 per cent. of the vehicle records in the Road Accidents database.