Transport written question – answered at on 6 February 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2008, Official Report, column 48W, on roads: accidents, what proportion of deaths on roads occurred on (a) motorways, (b) trunk roads, (c) B roads and (d) other roads in the last 10 years.
The proportion of fatalities in reported road accidents, in (a) St. Ives (b) Cornwall and (c) Great Britain by road type are given in the following tables.
(a) St. Ives constituency( 1) | ||||
Percentage of fatalities | ||||
Motorways | A roads | B roads | Other roads | |
1997 | 0 | 40 | 10 | 50 |
1998 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 25 |
1999 | 0 | 75 | 25 | 0 |
2000 | 0 | 33 | 50 | 17 |
2001 | 0 | 88 | 13 | 0 |
2002 | 0 | 75 | 13 | 13 |
2003 | 0 | 80 | 20 | 0 |
2004 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 33 |
2005 | 0 | 57 | 14 | 29 |
2006 | 0 | 45 | 27 | 27 |
(1) Based on 2004 parliamentary constituency boundaries. |
(b ) Cornwall | ||||
Percentage of fatalities | ||||
Motorways | A roads | B roads | Other roads | |
1997 | 0 | 56 | 11 | 33 |
1998 | 0 | 62 | 22 | 16 |
1999 | 0 | 63 | 13 | 23 |
2000 | 0 | 57 | 26 | 17 |
2001 | 0 | 70 | 13 | 18 |
2002 | 0 | 70 | 15 | 15 |
2003 | 0 | 73 | 13 | 13 |
2004 | 0 | 59 | 14 | 27 |
2005 | 0 | 60 | 11 | 29 |
2006 | 0 | 58 | 20 | 22 |
(c ) Great Britain | ||||
Percentage of fatalities | ||||
Motorways | A roads | B roads | Other roads | |
1997 | 5 | 59 | 13 | 22 |
1998 | 5 | 58 | 13 | 24 |
1999 | 6 | 58 | 13 | 24 |
2000 | 6 | 58 | 14 | 23 |
2001 | 6 | 58 | 14 | 22 |
2002 | 7 | 58 | 13 | 22 |
2003 | 6 | 58 | 14 | 22 |
2004 | 5 | 57 | 14 | 24 |
2005 | 6 | 56 | 14 | 24 |
2006 | 6 | 57 | 13 | 24 |
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