Roads: Accidents

Mr. Ruffley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were in (i) the Bury St. Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each year since 1997;

(2) how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were involving drivers under the age of 21 in (i) the Bury St. Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each year since 1997.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The numbers of reported personal injury road accidents, the number involving drivers under the age of 21, and the resulting fatalities in (i) the parliamentary constituency of Bury St. Edmunds and (ii) Suffolk in 1997 to 2006 are given in the following tables:

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|                                                         |(i)Bury St. Edmunds1|(ii) Suffolk  |
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|                                                         |(a) Accidents       |(b) Fatalities|(a) Accidents|(b) Fatalities|
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|1997                                                     |332                 |8             |2,224|43|
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|1998                                                     |326                 |3             |2,251|23|
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|1999                                                     |285                 |8             |2,298|48|
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|2000                                                     |352                 |10            |2,312|56|
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|2001                                                     |321                 |6             |2,356|53|
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|2002                                                     |299                 |7             |2,300|43|
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|2003                                                     |333                 |8             |2,341|60|
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|2004                                                     |301                 |5             |2,220|42|
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|2005                                                     |296                 |7             |2,237|36|
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|2006                                                     |282                 |4             |2,087|47|
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|1 Based on the 2004 parliamentary constituency boundaries|                    |              |
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|                                                         |(i) Bury St Edmunds1|(ii) Suffolk  |
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|                                                         |(a) Accidents       |(b) Fatalities|(a) Accidents|(b) Fatalities|
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|1997                                                     |98                  |2             |589|9|
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|1998                                                     |95                  |1             |590|3|
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|1999                                                     |76                  |1             |623|6|
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|2000                                                     |92                  |4             |584|15|
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|2001                                                     |84                  |0             |589|9|
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|2002                                                     |75                  |1             |573|7|
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|2003                                                     |99                  |0             |620|11|
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|2004                                                     |73                  |1             |594|9|
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|2005                                                     |90                  |1             |645|7|
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|2006                                                     |79                  |0             |582|18|
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|1 Based on the 2004 parliamentary constituency boundaries|                    |              |
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Mr. Ruffley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents occurred (a) on the A14 in Suffolk and (b) in Suffolk in each year since 1997, broken down by the day of the week on which the accident occurred.

Jim Fitzpatrick
The numbers of reported personal injury road accidents on the A14 in Suffolk, and in Suffolk, by day of the week, in 1997 to 2006 are given in the tables.

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|Number of accidents|
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|                   |Day of week|
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|                   |Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday|
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|1997               |16|19|22|15|16|20|20|
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|1998               |18|16|20|11|22|18|18|
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|1999               |22|20|17|14|17|16|16|
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|2000               |19|27|24|28|14|15|11|
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|2001               |17|17|22|23|21|22|16|
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|2002               |26|28|20|20|27|21|15|
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|2003               |22|22|23|23|14|11|13|
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|2004               |17|20|25|23|21|20|17|
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|2005               |18|23|33|16|28|15|17|
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|2006               |21|22|24|12|20|11|9|
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|Number of accidents|
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|                   |Day of week|
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|                   |Monday|Tuesday|Wednesday|Thursday|Friday|Saturday|Sunday|
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|1997               |308|328|357|323|385|295|228|
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|1998               |328|337|331|310|374|330|241|
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|1999               |339|340|327|327|362|314|289|
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|2000               |309|319|334|355|427|327|241|
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|2001               |382|348|338|328|386|332|242|
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|2002               |335|328|314|375|380|321|247|
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|2003               |356|343|308|356|393|298|287|
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|2004               |289|310|349|374|353|301|244|
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|2005               |337|319|361|325|377|283|235|
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|2006               |313|283|306|313|390|265|217|
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