Buses: Tyres

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 18 July 2017.

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Photo of Maria Eagle Maria Eagle Labour, Garston and Halewood

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving coaches or buses were caused by a defective tyre in each year since October 2012.

Photo of Jesse Norman Jesse Norman Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The information collected by the Department on the number of reported accidents involving vehicles with more than eight seated passengers from October 2012 onwards, where a tyre was considered to be a contributory factor are included in the table. In these cases, the investigating Police Officer indicated that a tyre was “illegal, defective or under inflated”.

Year

Coach and bus (over 16 seated passengers

Minibuses (9 to 16 seated passengers)

2012

0

0

2013

4

3

2014

1

2

2015

2

1

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