Written question asked by Norman Baker (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 2 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 4 February 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 February 2010 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road accidents resulted in the death or serious injury of (a) an adult and (b) a child in (i) Lewes constituency and (ii) East Sussex in each year since 1994.

Answer

The information requested can be found in the following tables.

Reported road accidents involving killed or seriously injured adults and children in Lewes constituency¹: 1994 to 2008
	Accidents involving a killed or seriously injured adult²	Accidents involving a killed or seriously injured child³	All accidents involving a killed or seriously injured casualty4,5
1994	67	6	71
1995	69	6	73
1996	78	6	83
1997	70	9	78
1998	58	8	66
1999	80	7	88
2000	68	2	72
2001	55	2	57
2002	74	5	82
2003	52	2	54
2004	45	4	48
2005	46	5	49
2006	68	6	71
2007	73	5	77
2008	67	3	68
¹ Based on 2004 constituency boundary.
² Aged 16 years and over.
³ Aged 0 to 15 years.
4 Includes cases where age was not recorded.
5 Accidents can involve both adult and child casualties, so rows may not add up to their total.

Reported road accidents involving killed or seriously injured adults and children in East Sussex County: 1994 to 2008
	Accidents involving a killed or seriously injured adult¹	Accidents involving a killed or seriously injured child²	All accidents involving a killed or seriously injured casualty³,4
1994	484	74	549
1995	455	59	510
1996	544	73	605
1997	448	61	503
1998	449	63	517
1999	455	51	508
2000	429	69	501
2001	388	36	428
2002	422	50	478
2003	424	35	464
2004	359	51	410
2005	421	46	463
2006	461	42	499
2007	452	39	484
2008	444	45	483
¹ Aged 16 years and over.
² Aged 0 to 15 years.
³ Includes cases where age was not recorded.
4 Accidents can involve both adult and child casualties, so rows may not add up to their total.

Secondary information