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Agricultural Machinery: Accidents

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) road traffic and (b) on-farm accidents were reported involving an agricultural vehicle in each year from 1997. (181756)

The number of reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one agricultural vehicle on a public highway in Great Britain from 1999 to 2006 is shown in the following table. Accidents on private premises, including on-farm accidents, are not collected.

Number of accidents

1999

956

2000

886

2001

837

2002

783

2003

794

2004

784

2005

756

2006

696

Agricultural vehicles were not identified separately prior to 1999.