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Written question asked by Chris Ruane (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 January 2006. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Road Accidents (Ice)

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in road accidents, where the primary cause was ice on the road, there were in each of the past 20 years.
Answer

Information on the primary cause of personal road injury accidents is not available. The number of fatalities and serious injuries in personal injury road accidents where there was ““Frost or Ice”” on the road surface, is given in the following table for 1985–2004.Number of fatal and serious casualties by road surface condition ““Frost or Ice””: 1985–2004.

Severity of casualty
Fatal Serious
1985 100 1,894
1986 118 2,039
1987 65 1,159
1988 63 1,071
1989 66 871
1990 58 747
1991 84 1,447
1992 77 1,040
1993 58 827
1994 53 872
1995 60 859
1996 59 919
1997 36 515
1998 33 558
1999 60 753
2000 33 487
2001 66 905
2002 29 301
2003 32 619
2004 40 505
(13) Deaths within 30 days of the accident. Excludes confirmed suicides, death from natural causes and injuries to pedestrians with no vehicle involvement (e.g. a fall on the pavement).

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
44524; 441 c1993W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Death Accidents Injuries Roads Snow and ice
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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