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Accidents (Costs)

Volume 958: debated on Tuesday 21 November 1978

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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.

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)
RoadRail
19686126
19696446
19706597
19716756
19727025
19736985
19746705
19756337
19766595
19776715
1978 (January to June) (P)3102
* Excludes costs of damage to vehicles or property.
† Excludes casualty costs of suicides and trespassers.
(P) Provisional.