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Written question asked by Lord Taylor of Goss Moor (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 23 October 2008, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 27 October 2008. It was answered by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Wednesday, 29 October 2008 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) fatalities, (b) serious injuries and (c) other outcomes there were in road accidents in (i) Cornwall and (ii) England in the months of (A) June, (B) July and (C) August in the last five years.
Answer

The number of casualties resulting from reported personal injury road accidents for the months of June, July and August in Cornwall and England, for each of the last five years is given in the table:

Number of casualties
Cornwall England
June July August June July August
2003 Killed 0 1 5 263 259 321
Serious 21 26 29 2,557 2,518 2,527
Slight 237 269 250 18,857 19,678 18,298
Total 258 296 284 21,677 22,455 21,146
2004 Killed 8 5 1 231 207 241
Serious 14 21 28 2,413 2,214 2,324
Slight 212 248 261 18,205 17,876 18,356
Total 234 274 290 20,849 20,297 20,921
2005 Killed 4 5 5 225 218 230
Serious 24 24 23 2,223 2,285 2,244
Slight 238 302 288 17,925 18,260 17,559
Total 266 331 316 20,373 20,763 20,033
2006 Killed 6 5 6 232 223 240
Serious 11 26 15 2,278 2,337 2,056
Slight 207 255 273 16,578 17,843 16,505
Total 224 286 294 19,088 20,403 18,801
2007 Killed 6 1 4 184 202 226
Serious 21 26 26 2,084 2,186 2,122
Slight 248 284 244 16,568 17,015 15,991
Total 275 311 274 18,836 19,403 18,339

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
481 c1044W;481 c1042W; 231288
Session
2007-08
Subjects
Accidents Roads
Link
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