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Mr. Peter Robinson
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents, broken down by their road classification, there were in each or the past three years. [122539]
Angela Smith
The table outlines the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents in Northern Ireland in each of the past three years. It should be noted that the information on road classification is not available, a breakdown is however provided by rural and urban areas based on speed limits.
| Road Traffic Injury Collisions by Road Type: NI 2000–2002 | ||||
| Fatal Collisions | Serious Collisions | Slight Collisions | Total Collisions | |
| 2000 | ||||
| Roads in Urban Areas | 46 | 639 | 4532 | 5217 |
| Roads in Rural Areas | 103 | 636 | 2432 | 3171 |
| Total | 149 | 1275 | 6964 | 8388 |
| 2001 | ||||
| Roads in Urban Areas | 36 | 602 | 3847 | 4485 |
| Roads in Rural Areas | 101 | 639 | 2222 | 2962 |
| Total | 137 | 1241 | 6069 | 7447 |
| 2002 | ||||
| Roads in Urban Areas | 37 | 506 | 3492 | 4035 |
| Roads in Rural Areas | 99 | 599 | 2051 | 2749 |
| Total | 136 | 1105 | 5543 | 6784 |