Roads: Safety
Transport
Written answers and statements, 5 November 2009
Theresa Villiers (Shadow Secretary of State for Transport, Transport; Chipping Barnet, Conservative)
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment his Department has made of levels of road safety in (a) County Durham, (b) North Yorkshire, (c) Swindon and (d) Barnet in comparison with similar areas.
Paul Clark (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Gillingham, Labour)
A key comparison between local areas has been the percentage reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSIs) achieved since the 1994 to 1998 period. This measure corresponds to the headline target in the 2000 national road safety strategy.
The table shows the percentage change from the 1994 to 1998 annual average number of KSIs to the 2006 to 2008 annual average number in each of the four areas. It also shows the averages for the regions they are within:
| Percentage change in KSIs from 1994-98 average to 2006-08 average | ||
| Local authority | Region LA is within | |
| Durham | -23 | -26 (NE region) |
| North Yorkshire | -31 | -23 (YH) |
| Swindon | -25 | -24 (SW) |
| Barnet | -44 | -43 (London) |
| Great Britain average | -34 | |