Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Monday, 15 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 October 2007. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Thursday, 18 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were on the A14 in Suffolk in each year since 1997; and how many involved drivers under the age of 21 years in each case.

Answer

The information requested is given in the following tables.

Number of reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities on the A14 in Suffolk; 1997-2006
	Accidents (a)	Fatalities (b)
1997	128	7
1998	123	2
1999	122	8
2000	138	8
2001	138	10
2002	157	5
2003	128	3
2004	143	5
2005	150	4
2006	119	6

Number of reported personal injury road accidents involving drivers under the age of 21 and resulting fatalities on the A14 in Suffolk:1997-2006
	Accidents (a)	Fatalities (b)
1997	21	1
1998	26	1
1999	21	1
2000	22	0
2001	26	1
2002	27	1
2003	29	0
2004	28	0
2005	28	0
2006	28	0

Secondary information