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41.
Mr. Ian Bruce
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total number of people killed on Britain's roads in (a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c) 1989.
64.
Mr. Holt
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total number of people killed on Britain's roads in (a) 1974, (b) 1979 and (c) 1989.
Mr. Atkins
The information requested is as follows:
| Number | |
| 1974 | 6,876 |
| 1979 | 6,352 |
| 1989 | 1 5,282 |
| 1 Latest provisional estimate. | |
Mr. Key
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of (a) fatal accidents, (b) serious accidents and (c) other accidents on the A36 between Wylye and Plaitford in each of the past five years.
Mr. Atkins
The personal injury accidents recorded over the last five years are as follows:
| 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | |
| (a) fatal accidents | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| (b) serious accidents | 18 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 25 |
| (c) slight accidents | 89 | 54 | 53 | 55 | 74 |
1985
| 1986
| 1987
| 1988
| 1989
| |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 109 | 66 | 71 | 70 | 104 |