Transport written question – answered at on 11 May 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured as a result of road accidents in which a blind spot of a vehicle was found to be the primary cause in each of the last five years.
It is not possible to identify accidents where the blind spot of a vehicle caused an accident.
However, the following table shows, for accidents where “vehicle blind spot” was a reported contributory factor, the number of casualties who were (a) killed and (b) injured in each of the last five years:
Casualties | ||
(a) Killed | (b) Injured | |
2005 | 22 | 2,079 |
2006 | 25 | 2,102 |
2007 | 27 | 2,079 |
2008 | 25 | 1,908 |
2009 | 22 | 2,081 |
Note: Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported. |
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