asked the Secretary of State for Transport whether, in the light of recent criticism by the medical profession of the Government's consultative document on transport policy, he will increase research expenditure into the human factors responsible for motor accidents.

A quarter of this Department's budget for road safety research is spent on work on road user behaviour; any substantial increase would need to be justified by the likely benefits to be gained in this field by comparison with others. My right hon. Friend has, however, noted the comments made by the British Medical Association, and is considering them with other comments on the Transport Policy consultative document.

asked the Secretary of State for Transport if, in the light of recent criticism from the medical profession of the motor accident data, he will review the methods of collection and analysis on which the accident statistics are maintained.

The procedure for collecting information on road accidents has recently been reviewed by a departmental working party, whose report will soon be published.