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 accidents have occurred in Suffolk on each day of the week in each year since 1997.

Answer

The information requested is given in the following table:

Reported personal injury road accidents in Suffolk by day of week: 1997 to 2008
Number of accidents
Year of accident	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total
1997	308	328	357	323	385	295	228	2,224
1998	328	337	331	310	374	330	241	2,251
1999	339	340	327	327	362	314	289	2,298
2000	309	319	334	355	427	327	241	2,312
2001	382	348	338	328	386	332	242	2,356
2002	335	328	314	375	380	321	247	2,300
2003	356	343	308	356	393	298	287	2,341
2004	289	310	349	374	353	301	244	2,220
2005	337	319	361	325	377	283	235	2,237
2006	313	283	306	313	390	265	217	2,087
2007	320	330	309	297	341	263	216	2,076
2008	302	289	346	326	341	236	221	2,061

Secondary information