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Written question asked by Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Conservative) on Monday, 30 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 February 2006. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Monday, 6 February 2006 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Road Traffic Accidents

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) young drivers and (b) passengers of young drivers have been killed in road accidents in the last five years; and what steps the Government are taking to reduce these figures.
Answer

The number of young car drivers, and the number of passengers of young car drivers killed in personal injury road accidents between 2000 and 2004 (the latest year for which figures are available) are shown in the following table.

Young car drivers and passengers of young car drivers killed in personal injury road accidents: 2000–04
Age of driver
17 to 21 22 to 25
Driver fatalities Passenger fatalities Driver fatalities Passenger fatalities
2000 195 158 117 72
2001 210 182 123 79
2002 215 157 132 72
2003 228 182 132 78
2004 214 189 144 84
(5) Deaths within 30 days of the accident.

On measures to reduce these casualties, I refer to my answers to the hon. Member for Tewksbury (Mr. Robertson) on 6 December 2005, Official Report, column 1118W and to my hon. Friend the Member for Hartlepool (Mr. Wright) on 14 December 2005, Official Report, column 2023W.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
442 c800W;442 c800W; 47918
Session
2005-06
Subjects
Accidents Cars Driving Motor vehicles Young people Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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