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Roads: Accidents

Volume 485: debated on Monday 8 December 2008

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) other outcomes there were in road traffic accidents reported to his Department in (i) Cornwall and (ii) England in each month in each of the last five years. (240691)

The number of casualties resulting from reported personal injury road accidents for each month in Cornwall and England, for each of the last five years is given as follows:

Cornwall

Number of casualties

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Total

2003

Killed

2

3

3

3

4

0

1

5

2

2

3

2

30

Serious

41

23

29

27

29

21

26

29

20

27

19

15

306

Slight

189

171

164

162

195

237

269

250

257

217

222

177

2,510

Total

232

197

196

192

228

258

296

284

279

246

244

194

2,846

2004

Killed

1

2

7

3

3

8

5

1

3

5

2

4

44

Serious

6

11

11

25

21

14

21

28

23

22

18

24

224

Slight

142

206

158

179

224

212

248

261

221

247

179

193

2,470

Total

149

219

176

207

248

234

274

290

247

274

199

221

2,738

2005

Killed

5

4

3

3

2

4

5

5

3

3

6

2

45

Serious

18

19

18

27

19

24

24

23

9

12

9

14

216

Slight

176

164

209

180

222

238

302

288

243

223

218

176

2,639

Total

199

187

230

210

243

266

331

316

255

238

233

192

2,900

2006

Killed

2

4

6

1

6

6

5

6

0

4

3

7

50

Serious

14

9

11

16

25

11

26

15

30

20

19

21

217

Slight

147

212

194

161

210

207

255

273

197

201

209

157

2,423

Total

163

225

211

178

241

224

286

294

227

225

231

185

2,690

2007

Killed

0

2

1

4

1

6

1

4

3

2

3

1

28

Serious

8

24

15

20

29

21

26

26

19

20

13

20

241

Slight

158

156

177

161

202

248

284

244

202

177

162

210

2,381

Total

166

182

193

185

232

275

311

274

224

199

178

231

2,650

England

Number of casualties

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Total

2003

Killed

236

231

260

212

229

263

259

321

233

213

278

269

3,004

Serious

2,339

2,270

2,374

2,288

2,449

2,557

2,518

2,527

2,527

2,674

2,485

2,284

29,292

Slight

18,386

16,894

17,346

17,379

19,071

18,857

19,678

18,298

19,665

20,811

20,451

18,767

225,603

Total

20,961

19,395

19,980

19,879

21,749

21,677

22,455

21,146

22,425

23,698

23,214

21,320

257,899

2004

Killed

205

194

194

212

256

231

207

241

234

217

251

272

2,714

Serious

2,147

2,038

2,006

2,198

2,529

2,413

2,214

2,324

2,322

2,440

2,188

2,238

27,057

Slight

18,324

15,740

17,666

17,079

18,184

18,205

17,876

18,356

18,742

20,219

19,317

19,283

218,991

Total

20,676

17,972

19,866

19,489

20,969

20,849

20,297

20,921

21,298

22,876

21,756

21,793

248,762

2005

Killed

224

199

221

185

214

225

218

230

247

244

259

269

2,735

Serious

1,891

1,767

1,834

1,927

2,232

2,223

2,285

2,244

2,096

2,307

2,300

2,104

25,210

Slight

17,415

15,406

15,987

16,924

18,167

17,925

18,260

17,559

17,687

18,690

19,938

18,581

212,539

Total

19,530

17,372

18,042

19,036

20,613

20,373

20,763

20,033

20,030

21,241

22,497

20,954

240,484

2006

Killed

200

223

173

213

198

232

223

240

243

264

229

257

2,695

Serious

1,945

1,755

1,826

1,851

2,097

2,278

2,337

2,056

2,126

2,172

2,269

2,144

24,856

Slight

15,892

14,791

15,783

14,926

17,096

16,578

17,843

16,505

17,742

18,228

18,358

17,284

201,026

Total

18,037

16,769

17,782

16,990

19,391

19,088

20,403

18,801

20,111

20,664

20,856

19,685

228,577

2007

Killed

209

168

205

219

218

184

202

226

220

218

220

213

2,502

Serious

2,040

1,634

1,934

2,061

1,975

2,084

2,186

2,122

2,106

2,062

2,159

1,855

24,218

Slight

16,213

13,988

15,919

14,718

16,937

16,568

17,015

15,991

16,097

16,328

17,323

15,647

192,744

Total

18,462

15,790

18,058

16,998

19,130

18,836

19,403

18,339

18,423

18,608

19,702

17,715

219,464