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Mr. Sheerman
asked the Minister of Transport if he will give figures of the number of accidents involving taxis and private hire cars in each of the last five years.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
I regret that this information is not available. The road accident reporting form differentiates between vehicles on the basis of structure, not use, so that cars used as taxis cannot be distinguished from other cars.
| PERSONS KILLED IN CARS AND LIGHT VAN—1976–78 GREATBRITAIN | ||||||||
| Number | ||||||||
| 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | ||||||
| Drivers | ||||||||
| Wearing seat belts | … | … | … | … | 137 | 159 | 163 | |
| Not wearing available seat belts | … | … | 910 | 971 | 1,109 | |||
| Other* | … | … | … | … | … | 512 | 400 | 353 |
| All drivers | … | … | … | … | … | 1,559 | 1,530 | 1,625 |
| Passengers | ||||||||
| Wearing seat belts | … | … | … | … | 98 | 93 | 100 | |
| Not wearing available seat belts | … | … | 470 | 538 | 542 | |||
| Other*† | … | … | … | … | … | 603 | 430 | 467 |
| All passengers | … | … | … | … | 1,171 | 1,061 | 1,109 | |
| * Seat belt not fitted and unknown wearing. | ||||||||
| † Includes all rear seat passengers. | ||||||||