To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents involving motor cycles there were resulting in (a) death and (b) serious injury in each of the last five years; and how many of those involved were (i) males and (ii) females under 2 5 years old. [113025]
The number of road traffic accidents in Great Britain involving motorcycles which resulted in (a) death and (b) serious injury in each of the last five years were as follows:
| Fatal and serious accidents involving motorcycles: | ||
| Accidents | ||
| Year | Fatal | Serious |
| 1997 | 538 | 6,085 |
| 1998 | 523 | 6,102 |
| 1999 | 569 | 6,479 |
| 2000 | 649 | 6,910 |
| 2001 | 618 | 6,888 |
| Motorcycle driver or rider casualties aged 24 and under, by gender and severity of casualty: | ||||
| Casualties | ||||
| Male | Female | |||
| Year | Killed | Serious | Killed | Serious |
| 1997 | 138 | 1,696 | 14 | 229 |
| 1998 | 114 | 1,589 | 15 | 235 |
| 1999 | 132 | 1,703 | 17 | 185 |
| 2000 | 129 | 1,908 | 13 | 226 |
| 2001 | 136 | 1,921 | 7 | 204 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents caused by drivers under the age of 17 years resulted in (a) death and (b) serious injury in each of the last five years. [113030]
The table gives the number of fatal and serious accidents in Great Britain where at least one driver under the age of 17 was involved. We have no information on whether the accident was caused by a young driver.
| Road accidents in which at least one driver under 17 was involved | ||
| Accidents | ||
| Year | Fatal | Serious |
| 1997 | 69 | 1,503 |
| 1998 | 52 | 1,353 |
| 1999 | 56 | 1,408 |
| 2000 | 56 | 1,275 |
| 2001 | 60 | 1,264 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents there were in each of the last five years; and how many resulted in (a) death and (b) serious injury. [113031]
The number of road traffic accidents in Great Britain in the last five years; and the number which resulted in (a) death and (b) serious injury are shown in the table:
| Accidents | |||
| Year | Total | Fatal | Serious |
| 1997 | 240,287 | 3,298 | 36,330 |
| 1998 | 238,923 | 3,137 | 34,633 |
| 1999 | 235,048 | 3,138 | 33,267 |
| 2000 | 233,729 | 3,108 | 32,499 |
| 2001 | 229,014 | 3,176 | 31,588 |