Road Accidents (Hansard, 4 May 2004)

§ Jim Dobbin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the percentage change in (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries on the roads of Heywood and Middleton is since 1997. [168546]
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§ Mr. Jamieson
The available information relates to local authority areas. In the Rochdale local authority area (which includes the constituency of Heywood and Middleton) there were 16 fatal casualties in 1997 and 11 fatal casualties in 2002. The number of people seriously injured in road accidents increased from 83 in 1997 to 84 in 2002, a rise of 1 per cent. Estimates on the basis of parliamentary constituencies will become available in the summer and I shall write to my hon. Friend with figures for Heywood and Middleton and place a copy of my letter in the Libraries of the House.

§ James Purnell
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the percentage change in(a) deaths and (b) serious injuries on the roads of Stalybridge and Hyde has been since 1997. [168731]

§ Mr. Jamieson
The available information relates to local authority areas. In the Tameside local authority area (which includes the Stalybridge and Hyde constituency) there were four fatal casualties in 1997 and four fatal casualties in 2002. The numbers of people seriously injured in road accidents reduced from 117 in 1997 to 85 in 2002, a fall of 27 per cent. Estimates on the basis of parliamentary constituencies will become available in the summer and I shall write to my hon. Friend with figures for Stalybridge and Hyde and place a copy of my letter in the Libraries of the House.

§ Mr. Neil Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people died in road traffic accidents in Wigan in(a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [169341]

§ Mr. Jamieson
In the Wigan local authority area there were 10 fatal casualties in 1997 and nine fatal casualties in 2002, the latest year for which information is available.

§ Mr. Neil Turner
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were seriously injured in road traffic accidents in (a) 1997 and (b) 2003. [169342]

§ Mr. Jamieson
The number of people seriously injured in reported injury road accidents in Great Britain was 42,984 in 1997 and 35,976 in 2002, the last year for which information is available.