Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance
Transport
Jim Fitzpatrick (Poplar and Limehouse, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people repairing motorways have been killed or injured by vehicles in each of the last five years.
Stephen Hammond (Wimbledon, Conservative)
The following table sets out the fatal and serious injuries from vehicle-related incidents which have been recorded on the motorway and trunk road network in England which is the responsibility of the Secretary of State for Transport.
| Fatality | Serious injury | |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 1 |
For slight injuries, the data currently available include all contractor injuries (i.e. not just those involving vehicles):
| Slight injury | |
| 2007 | 29 |
| 2008 | 54 |
| 2009 | 75 |
| 2010 | 47 |
| 2011 | 46 |
The data above are supplied by the contractors working for the Highways Agency.