Written question asked by David Ruffley (Conservative) on Thursday, 28 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 February 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road traffic (a) accidents and (b) fatalities there were involving drivers under the age of 21 years in (i) Bury St. Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk in each year since 1997.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the following table.

Reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities, involving at least one driver¹ aged under 21 years: 1997 to 2008
	Suffolk	Bury St. Edmunds²
	Accidents	Fatalities	Accidents	Fatalities
1997	379	7	72	2
1998	377	3	70	1
1999	386	6	47	1
2000	375	12	62	2
2001	384	8	55	0
2002	377	5	48	1
2003	398	9	69	0
2004	367	7	45	0
2005	423	4	71	1
2006	367	17	58	0
2007	372	5	53	0
2008	345	3	45	0
¹ Car, goods vehicle, bus and coach drivers.
² Based on 2004 parliamentary constituency boundaries.

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