Written question asked by Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Conservative) on Friday, 29 January 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 2 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 occurred in Milton Keynes on average on each day of the week in each year since 1997.

Answer

The information requested is given in the following table:

The average number of reported personal injury road accidents in Milton Keynes (unitary authority) on each day of the week: 1997 to 2008
	Average number of accidents
	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday	Sunday	Total number of accidents
1997	2.79	2.71	3.34	2.54	2.96	2.48	1.90	977
1998	2.75	3.29	2.73	2.81	2.87	1.98	2.35	979
1999	2.83	2.85	2.58	2.71	3.36	2.31	1.65	954
2000	2.90	2.90	2.71	3.02	3.65	2.26	1.91	1,011
2001	2.45	2.71	2.83	2.44	3.10	2.29	2.02	930
2002	2.17	2.21	2.50	2.62	3.06	2.12	1.87	862
2003	2.67	2.44	1.98	2.56	2.62	2.10	1.60	832
2004	2.37	2.31	2.35	2.49	2.75	1.98	1.69	834
2005	2.33	2.63	2.60	2.65	3.06	1.77	1.62	868
2006	2.25	2.87	2.58	2.44	3.25	2.08	1.89	904
2007	2.26	2.40	2.21	2.37	2.42	2.08	1.56	798
2008	2.04	2.28	2.42	2.19	2.38	1.96	1.31	763

Secondary information