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Heavy Goods Vehicles

Volume 84: debated on Wednesday 30 October 1985

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asked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will print a list of accident rates per mile of long distance heavy goods vehicle drivers for the five years prior to 1968 and the most recent five-year period for which figures are available, including the total number of accidents in each case, and showing such information as he has as to what proportion were caused by driver error.

[pursuant to the reply, 28 October 1985, c. 327]: Data are only collectd on road accidents which involve personal injury. Details are not collected on the causes of accidents or the length of journeys. However the following figures are available:

Heavy Goods Vehicles Involved in Accidents and Involvement Rate per 100 million kilometres travelled: 1963 to 1968 and 1980 to 1984: Great Britain
YearHGV involved in accidentsHGV involvement rateAll vehicles involved in accidents
196331,182203436,967
196431,148182472,070
196531,626184484,592
196631,281183468,195
196730,340177441,110
196828,800164420,686
YearHGV involved in accidentsHGV involvement rateAll vehicles involved in accidents
198015,34376420,500
198114,55474417,723
198214,68876431,494
198313,50467409,690
198414,19768429,520