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Roads: Accidents

Volume 471: debated on Monday 28 January 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths there were on roads in (i) West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St. Ives, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) the UK in each of the last 10 years. (182696)

The numbers of (a) injuries (serious or slight) and (b) deaths resulting from reported personal injury road accidents from 1997 to 2006 in (i) St. Ives parliamentary constituency, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) Great Britain are shown in the table.

Number of casualties

St. Ives constituency1

Cornwall

Great Britain

Injured2

Killed

Injured2

Killed

Injured2

Killed

1997

413

10

2,769

45

324,204

3,599

1998

441

4

2,676

37

321,791

3,421

1999

483

4

2,717

30

316,887

3,423

2000

420

6

2,616

35

316,874

3,409

2001

375

8

2,809

40

309,859

3,450

2002

405

8

2,676

53

299,174

3,431

2003

442

5

2,816

30

287,099

3,508

2004

420

3

2,694

44

277,619

3,221

2005

420

7

2,855

45

267,816

3,201

2006

412

11

2,640

50

255,232

3,172

1 Based on 2004 parliamentary constituency boundaries.

2 Serious and slight injuries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) injuries and (b) deaths were sustained in collisions with emergency services vehicles on roads in (i) West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St. Ives, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) the UK in each of the last 10 years. (182697)

The numbers of (a) injuries (serious or slight) and (b) deaths resulting from reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one emergency vehicle (ambulance, fire engine or police) from 1997 to 2006 in (i) St. Ives parliamentary constituency, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) Great Britain are shown in the table.

Number of casualties

St. Ives constituency1

Cornwall

Great Britain

Injured2

Killed

Injured2

Killed

Injured2

Killed

1997

5

0

20

0

4,338

24

1998

6

0

42

0

4,168

28

1999

8

0

33

0

3,983

28

2000

1

0

22

0

4,187

34

2001

1

0

20

0

3,994

36

2002

3

0

37

2

4,095

39

2003

5

0

29

1

3,909

41

2004

1

0

32

2

3,796

38

2005

3

0

33

0

3,377

32

2006

1

0

15

0

3,428

35

1 Based on 2004 parliamentary constituency boundaries.

2 Serious or slight injury.