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Mr. Greville Janner
asked the Secretary of State for the Environment how many and what percentage of personal injury accidents during each of the last five years for which records are available occurred during hours of darkness; and how many of such accidents involved one or more drivers who had passed his driving test less than 12 months previously.
Mr. Carmichael
Following are the figures of personal injury accidents occurring in darkness over the last five years.
| ACCIDENTS OCCURRING IN DARKNESS 1970–75 GREAT BRITAIN | ||
| Year | Number of accidents in darkness | Percentage of all accidents |
| 1970 | 82,766 | 31 |
| 1971 | 82,365 | 32 |
| 1972 | 87,644 | 33 |
| 1973 | 86,072 | 33 |
| 1974* | 81,921 | 34 |
| * Provisional. | ||