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Mr. Lee
asked the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the comparable economic costs of road and rail accidents, including costs arising from personal injuries and deaths, for the last 10 years to the latest available date.
Mr. Horam
I regret that only costs associated with casualties are available for both road and rail accidents.
PERSONAL INJURY ACCIDENT COSTS*: 01968–78 GREAT BRITAIN | ||
£ million (June 1977 prices) | ||
Road | Rail† | |
1968 | 612 | 6 |
1969 | 644 | 6 |
1970 | 659 | 7 |
1971 | 675 | 6 |
1972 | 702 | 5 |
1973 | 698 | 5 |
1974 | 670 | 5 |
1975 | 633 | 7 |
1976 | 659 | 5 |
1977 | 671 | 5 |
1978 (January to June) (P) | 310 | 2 |
* Excludes costs of damage to vehicles or property. | ||
† Excludes casualty costs of suicides and trespassers. | ||
(P) Provisional. |