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Dept for Transport

Answer

Rob Marris: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) fatal, (b) serious and (c) slight casualties suffered by cyclists on (i) urban roads and (ii) rural roads in each year since 2000 resulted from collisions involving (A) at least one motor vehicle, (B) no motor vehicles and (C) powered two-wheel vehicles. [218490] Mr. Jamieson: The information requested is shown in the following table. Pedal cycle casualties by severity, vehicle involved and urban/rural roads casualties _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2000 2001 2002 2003 Severity/accidents involving Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Urban Rural Fatal At least one motor vehicle 61 49 62 55 58 55 58 46 No motor vehicles1 6 10 7 12 5 9 2 8 Two-wheeled motor vehicle2 2 4 5 2 0 0 2 0 Serious At least one motor vehicle 1,868 554 1,802 545 1,672 487 1,644 479 No motor vehicles1 119 87 115 64 101 56 95 73 Two-wheeled motor vehicle2 29 16 37 17 33 17 37 8 Slight At least one motor vehicle 14,701 2,543 13,481 2,410 12,086 2,205 12,041 2,170 No motor vehicles1 383 134 339 130 251 76 311 88 Two- wheeled motor vehicle2 247 50 246 54 244 46 234 56 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes accidents involving pedal cycles, ridden horse and other non-motor vehicles. 2 Included in the figure for "at least one motor vehicle".

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

432 c252W;432 c250W; 218490

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Death Accidents Casualties Cycling Motor vehicles Roads Rural areas Urban areas

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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