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
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.
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
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.
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