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Roads: Northern Ireland

Volume 691: debated on Wednesday 18 April 2007

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many road accidents which were reported to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in 2006 involved agricultural vehicles; and what that is as a percentage of the total. [HL3016]

The number of road traffic collisions recorded by PSNI in 2006 is shown as follows:

Injury Road Traffic Collisions involving an agricultural vehicle: 2006*

Number

% of total collisions

Fatal Collision

0

0.0

Serious Collision

19

2.1

Slight Collision

54

1.2

Total Injury Collisions

73

1.3

All of these collisions involved an agricultural tractor. The figures are provisional and subject to change.

Source: Central Statistics Unit—PSNI