Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities resulting from reported personal injury road accidents there were on stretches of roads with a (a) 20, (b) 30, (c) 40 and (d) 50 miles per hour speed limit in each of the last five years. (275831)

The number of fatalities resulting from reported personal injury road accidents on urban/rural by speed limit of the roads in each of the last five years is given in the following tables:

*Number of fatalities resulting from reported personal injury road accident, broken down by speed limit and rural/urban, 2003-2007 GB*
	2003	2004	2005
Speed limit	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
20 mph¹	4	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	7	7	1	0
30 mph	898	74	185	8	787	73	197	9	811	77	179	8
40 mph	164	14	129	6	176	16	137	6	132	13	126	6
50 mph	34	3	121	5	33	3	106	5	24	2	119	6
60 mph	36	3	1,446	63	36	3	1,330	62	46	4	1,300	60
70 mph	71	6	418	18	47	4	364	17	29	3	427	20

All limits²	1,207	100	2,299	100	1,082	100	2,135	100	1,049	100	2,152	100

*20062007*
Speed limit	Urban	Rural	Urban	Rural
	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
20 mph¹	13	1	4	0	6	1	3	0
30 mph	769	72	173	8	729	75	170	9
40 mph	181	17	143	7	119	12	134	7
50 mph	25	2	105	5	30	3	95	5
60 mph	38	4	1,292	61	40	4	1,202	61
70 mph	43	4	386	18	49	5	369	19

All limits²	1,069	100	2,103	100	973	100	1,973	100
¹ Includes residential 20 mph zones plus areas where by-laws restrict the speed limit to 20 mph. ² Includes unknown and other speed limits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents in each of the last 11 years were caused by drivers who had been granted a full driver's licence less than one year prior to the accident. (276465)

The information requested is not available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many children (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in road accidents in each of the last 11 years were not wearing seat belts at the time of the accident. (276466)

The information requested is not available.

Volume 492: debated on Wednesday 20 May 2009