Barry Sheerman
Labour, Huddersfield
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department holds on (a) the number of pedal cyclist casualties attributable to the opening of a vehicle door in (i) 2009, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2011 and (b) the severity of the injuries received in each case.
Stephen Hammond
The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport
The numbers of pedal cyclists injured, by severity, in reported personal injury road accidents in Great Britain, as a result of hitting an open door of a vehicle, or as a result of a vehicle door being opened or closed negligently (e.g. injured due to evasive action), for the last three years are:
| Casualties | |||
| Severity | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Killed | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Serious | 55 | 77 | 92 |
| Slight | 413 | 449 | 501 |
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