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Written question asked by Owen Paterson (Conservative) on Tuesday, 22 May 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 24 May 2007. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Thursday, 24 May 2007 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of people aged (a) 17 to 23, (b) 24 to 29, (c) 30 to 39, (d) 40 to 49, (e) 50 to 59, (f) 60 to 69, (g) 70 to 79, (h) 80 to 89 and (i) over 90 years were involved in (i) minor accidents, (ii) serious and (iii) fatal road traffic accidents in each year since 1997.
Answer

The information requested is given in the following table.

Percentage of population involved in reported personal injury road accidents, by age and severity: GB 1997 to 2005
Percentage of population¹
Age
Severity 17 to 23 24 to 29 30 to 39 40 to 49 50 to 59 60 to 69 70 to 79 80 to 89 90 and over
1997 Fatal 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.07 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.18 0.12 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.06 0.03
Slight 1.20 0.86 0.62 0.43 0.33 0.24 0.21 0.18 0.09
1998 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.17 0.11 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.05 0.06 0.03
Slight 1.17 0.86 0.63 0.44 0.33 0.24 0.21 0.18 0.10
1999 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.15 0.10 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03
Slight 1.11 0.84 0.63 0.44 0.33 0.24 0.20 0.18 0.10
2000 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.15 0.10 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03
Slight 1.10 0.83 0.64 0.45 0.34 0.24 0.20 0.17 0.09
2001 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.15 0.10 0.08 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.03
Slight 1.07 0.79 0.62 0.45 0.32 0.24 0.20 0.18 0.10
2002 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.07
Serious 0.15 0.10 0.07 0.06 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.02
Slight 1.05 0.76 0.60 0.44 0.32 0.23 0.20 0.17 0.10
2003 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.14 0.09 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.02
Slight 0.99 0.73 0.57 0.43 0.30 0.23 0.19 0.17 0.10
2004 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.13 0.08 0.06 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.02
Slight 0.97 0.70 0.54 0.41 0.30 0.21 0.18 0.17 0.09
2005 Fatal 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01
Serious 0.12 0.07 0.06 0.05 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03
Slight 0.94 0.68 0.52 0.40 0.29 0.20 0.17 0.16 0.09
¹ 10.00 per cent. indicates that less than 0.005 per cent. of the age group were involved in accidents of the given severity.

The percentages are estimated by dividing the total number of reported casualties in each age group by the GB population estimate for 2005. Casualties will be counted more than once if they are in more than one accident.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
139669; 460 c1467-8W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Accidents Roads
Link
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