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Mr. Hayes
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many road accidents have been reported involving stationary vehicles on motorway hard shoulders in each of the years 1980 to 1989; and how many people were (a) injured and (b) killed.
Lord James Douglas-Hamilton
The number of accidents and casualties in Scotland involving stationary vehicles on motorway hard shoulders for the period 1980–1989 (up to July) are as follows:
| 1£ million | |
| 1979 | 757 |
| 1980 | 680 |
| 1981 | 666 |
| 1982 | 682 |
| 1983 | 602 |
| 1984 | 593 |
| 1985 | 601 |
| 1986 | 589 |
| 1987 | 544 |
| 1988 | 547 |
| 1 1988 prices. | |