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Written question asked by Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 22 November 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 November 2005. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Monday, 28 November 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Pedestrian Deaths

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrian deaths in road accidents there were where the pedestrian had over 100 mgs of alcohol per 100 mls of blood in each year since 1997; and what percentage of all pedestrian road accident deaths in (a) England and (b) each region this represents in each case.
Answer

Information on the blood alcohol levels of pedestrians is available for less than half of those who died in personal injury road accidents. The proportions of fatally injured pedestrians aged 16 or over with a blood alcohol level of over 100 mg/100 ml out of those for whom a blood alcohol level has been provided by the coroners are shown in the following tables.

Estimated percentage of pedestrian fatalities aged 16 and over with more than 100 mg of alcohol per 100 ml of bloodTable A: England 1997–2003
Percentage over 100 mg/100 ml Samplesize Total number of pedestrian fatalities aged 16 and over
1997 31 332 716
1998 34 296 687
1999 36 293 662
2000 31 285 658
2001 35 266 627
2002 39 262 618
2003 33 256 613
Table B: English Government office regions 1997–2003 combined
Percentage over 100 mg/100 ml Sample size Total number of pedestrian fatalities aged 16 and over
North East 43 94 228
North West and Merseyside 32 288 708
Yorkshire and Humberside 32 238 479
East Midlands 36 210 408
West Midlands 36 192 490
Eastern 34 213 428
South East 38 296 658
London 27 285 828
South West 38 174 354
England 34 1,990 4,581
(64) The number of pedestrian fatalities aged 16 and over for which blood alcohol data are available.
(65) Includes cases where age was not reported.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
440 c148W;440 c148W; 32007
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Alcoholic drinks Death Accidents Economic regions Misuse Pedestrians Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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