The numbers of casualties in reported personal injury road accidents in (i) the parliamentary constituency of Hemel Hempstead and (ii) the local authority of Hertfordshire in each month of the last five years are given in the following tables.
Number of casualties Casualty severity Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total 2003 Killed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Serious 6 5 6 5 3 5 6 5 4 5 8 9 67 Slight 45 41 28 34 39 46 38 34 29 44 38 84 500 Total 51 46 34 39 42 51 44 ' 39 33 49 46 93 567 2004 Killed 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 Serious 6 5 8 6 15 1 5 4 5 5 5 4 69 Slight 37 19 53 45 29 37 32 45 33 76 40 56 502 Total 43 24 62 51 44 38 37 49 38 81 45 60 572 2005 Killed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 Serious 2 1 3 2 5 3 3 2 9 9 9 0 48 Slight 45 37 48 44 35 41 40 37 29 27 49 55 487 Total 47 38 51 46 40 44 43 40 38 37 58 55 537 2006 Killed 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 Serious 2 1 1 7 6 3 3 7 2 2 5 2 41 Slight 30 34 33 33 37 47 42 36 30 44 41 29 436 Total 32 36 34 40 44 50 45 44 32 46 46 31 480 2007 Killed 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Serious 7 1 4 2 3 5 4 1 3 5 1 2 38 Slight 35 26 42 36 34 33 35 22 40 40 30 28 401 Total 42 27 48 38 37 38 39 23 43 45 31 30 441 1 Based on 2004 Parliamentary boundaries
Number of casualties Casualty severity Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec Total 2003 Killed 4 3 1 3 2 3 4 3 4 2 3 6 38 Serious 55 43 66 43 45 51 60 54 55 52 71 55 650 Slight 472 370 381 411 455 428 476 424 485 541 531 540 5,514 Total 531 416 448 457 502 482 540 481 544 595 605 601 6,202 2004 Killed 2 5 3 7 3 4 9 4 3 4 1 6 51 Serious 55 47 50 49 64 40 51 68 54 50 56 56 640 Slight 493 330 428 424 418 461 477 430 422 549 506 545 5,483 Total 550 382 481 480 485 505 537 502 479 603 563 607 6,174 2005 Killed 8 3 6 4 4 7 2 3 5 2 10 5 59 Serious 42 30 42 32 56 52 40 40 44 59 44 40 521 Slight 462 322 407 433 436 398 397 428 434 414 514 550 5,195 Total 512 355 455 469 496 457 439 471 483 475 568 595 5,775 2006 Killed 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 8 4 7 5 5 43 Serious 32 28 26 29 42 40 44 41 38 45 53 38 456 Slight 386 410 394 336 423 387 395 362 329 456 436 390 4,704 Total 420 439 422 366 468 430 441 411 371 508 494 433 5,203 2007 Killed 12 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 3 4 3 50 Serious 58 28 41 30 38 54 39 34 41 49 43 45 500 Slight 368 329 400 331 418 383 353 382 409 434 351 420 4,578 Total 438 361 445 364 460 441 396 420 451 486 398 468 5,128
The number of serious and slight personal injury road accidents reported to the police on the A13 between the A406 and the M25 in each of the last 10 years is given in the table.
Serious Slight 1998 33 188 1999 12 100 2000 27 153 2001 22 119 2002 17 107 2003 30 91 2004 28 122 2005 12 92 2006 16 103 2007 10 97
The numbers of casualties in reported personal injury road accidents on (i) the A127 and (ii) the A13 between the M25 and Southend in each of the last five years are given in the following tables.
Severity of Casualty Killed Seriously injured 2003 11 51 2004 6 35 2005 0 31 2006 6 43 2007 2 23
Severity of casualty Killed Seriously injured 2003 7 49 2004 4 36 2005 1 41 2006 3 38 2007 4 34
The data for year 2008 will be available in June 2009.
The numbers of fatal casualties resulting from reported personal injury road accidents for the last five years in (a) North Wiltshire (b) Wiltshire and (c) England are given in the table:
Wiltshire North Wiltshire England 2003 49 12 3,004 2004 60 12 2,714 2005 38 8 2,735 2006 41 6 2,695 2007 62 10 2,502
The contributory factors data collected by the police officer at the scene of the incident show that “vehicle defects” contributed to 3 per cent. of fatal collisions in 2007. The contributory factors article is published in ‘Road Casualties Great Britain: annual report 2007’. Copies of the report have been deposited in the Libraries of the House. The report is also available on the Department for Transport website at the following web address:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/accidents/casualtiesgbar/roadcasualtiesgreatbritain20071.