Skip to main content

Motorways (Fog Conditions)

Volume 720: debated on Friday 19 November 1965

The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.

asked the Minister of Transport if, so as to avoid the additional expenditure which would be incurred by

Number and percentage of classes with more than the stated number of pupils, in January
England and WalesWest Riding of YorkshireWakefield C.B.
Average number of pupils in all classesNumberPer cent.NumberPer cent.NumberPer cent.
Primary schools (classes over 40)
196132·318·24414·32294·32613·3
196232·317·53413·72675·1189·2
196332·618·24614·32795·32211·3
196432·617·24113·42895·42714·6
196532·7N/AN/A2594·8none
Secondary schools (classes over 30)
196129·749·72552·21·84752·56362·4
196229·046·33247·41·71948·25855·8
196328·542·64343·71·63746·74846·6
196428·442·51442·61·72548·55445·8
196527·9N/AN/A1·75649·34637·7

the various other proposals now before him, he will set up a system of staggered convoys, to be led by police cars, on Great Britain's motorways in times of fog, ice, and other hazardous conditions.

I am at present considering the whole problem of fog accidents on motorways and I shall make a statement as soon as I can.