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Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Wednesday, 14 December 2005, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 19 December 2005. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 20 December 2005 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Road Traffic Accidents

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the cost to the public purse of road traffic accidents in each year since 1997, broken down by category of severity of accident.
Answer

The values used to estimate the benefits of the prevention of road accidents are set out in the ““Highways Economic Note No. 1: 2004 Valuation of the Benefits of Prevention of Road Accidents and Casualties”” which can be found on the DfT website at:http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/groups/dft_rdsafety/documents/divisionhomepage/030763.hcsp.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
38453; 440 c2934W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Costs Accidents Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk