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Cycling: Accidents

Volume 464: debated on Monday 8 October 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were seriously injured in collisions between cyclists and pedestrians in each of the last five years. (156426)

The number of people seriously injured in reported personal injury accidents between pedal cyclists and pedestrians in each of last five years is shown as follows:

Number of serious casualties

2002

57

2003

53

2004

57

2005

65

2006

57

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many traffic accidents there were involving cyclists in (a) Wirral, South and (b) Merseyside in each of the last five years. (156464)

The number of reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one pedal cyclist in (a) Wirral, South and (b) Merseyside in each of the past five years is shown in the table.

Number of accidents

Wirral South

Merseyside

2002

13

353

2003

21

284

2004

16

326

2005

13

350

2006

21

311