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Roads: Accidents

Volume 487: debated on Thursday 29 January 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents resulted in a fatality in Crosby constituency in each of the last five years. (253184)

The number of fatalities resulting from personal injury road accidents in Crosby constituency in each of the last five years is given in the following table:

Number of fatalities

2003

1

2004

2

2005

1

2006

4

2007

0

Note:

Based on 2004 boundaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were (a) injured and (b) killed in road traffic accidents in the north-west in each of the last five years, broken down by police authority area. (253195)

The numbers of casualties that were (a) injured and (b) killed resulting from personal injury road accidents in the north-west in each of the last five years, broken down by police authority area are given in the following table.

Number of casualties

Policy authority area

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Cumbria

Injured

2,641

2,685

2,685

2,421

2,373

Killed

54

57

45

59

45

Lancashire

Injured

7,413

7,749

7,937

7,908

7,650

Killed

86

58

93

63

55

Merseyside

Injured

7,406

7,312

7,243

6,426

5,737

Killed

67

62

59

45

30

Greater Manchester

Injured

14,018

13,449

12,718

11,705

10,609

Killed

126

94

87

90

93

Cheshire

Injured

6,180

5,915 67

5,481

5,205

4,838

Killed

72

67

78

64

48

North West

Injured

37,658

37,110

36,064

33,665

31,207

Killed

405

338

362

321

271

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people (a) died and (b) were injured in road accidents where the cause of the accident was drink-driving in each of the last five years, broken down by police authority. (253288)

The Department for Transport publishes estimates of the number of casualties in drink-drive accidents where one or more of the motor vehicle drivers or riders involved was over the legal alcohol limit. These estimates are calculated on a national basis. Police force area estimates are not available. Figures for Great Britain are shown in the following table.

Number of casualties

Killed

Injured

2003

580

18,410

2004

580

16,400

2005

550

14,850

2006

560

13,810

20071

460

14,020

1 Provisional data. Final figures will be published in August 2008.

The drink-drive estimates are published in an article entitled “Drinking and driving” in “Road Casualties Great Britain—Annual report 2007”. Copies of the report have been deposited in the Libraries of the House and it is also available at the following web address:

http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/statistics/datatablespublications/accidents/casualtiesgbar/roadcasualtiesgreatbritain20071