Written question asked by David Amess (Conservative) on Monday, 1 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 March 2010. It was answered by Paul Clark (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 March 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 were recorded in (a) Essex and (b) Southend in each year since 1997.

Answer

The information requested is given in the following table.

Reported personal injury road accidents in Essex and Southend: 1997 to 2008
	Essex¹	Southend
1997	6,886	692
1998	6,821	698
1999	6,843	717
2000	6,985	745
2001	6,773	686
2002	6,408	656
2003	6,182	612
2004	6,131	571
2005	5,595	540
2006	5,330	523
2007	5,004	466
2008	4,455	450
¹ Essex county, including the unitary authorities of Southend and Thurrock

Secondary information