Pedestrians: Accidents

Mr. Sheerman
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrian fatalities were caused by buses in each of the last seven years.

Gillian Merron
The numbers of pedestrians who were killed as a result of being hit by a bus or coach in a road accident in each of the last seven years is shown in the table:

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|    |Number|
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|1999|69    |
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|2000|60    |
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|2001|79    |
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|2002|55    |
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|2003|57    |
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|2004|52    |
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|2005|47    |
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2005 is the latest year for which figures are available.