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Roads: Accidents

Answer

The information requested is given in the following tables:

Reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities in Bury St Edmunds parliamentary constituency and Suffolk: 1997 to 2009
	(i) Bury St Edmunds¹	(ii) Suffolk
	(a) Accidents	(b) Fatalities	(a) Accidents	(b) Fatalities
1997	334	9	2,224	43
1998	333	3	2,251	23
1999	296	8	2,298	48
2000	360	9	2,312	56
2001	326	7	2,356	53
2002	315	6	2,300	43
2003	343	7	2,341	60
2004	310	5	2,220	42
2005	308	5	2,237	36
2006	297	5	2,087	47
2007	293	7	2,076	39
2008	279	1	2,061	31
2009	266	3	1,947	42
¹ Based on the 2010 parliamentary constituency boundaries

Reported personal injury road accidents and fatalities, involving at least one driver or rider aged under 21 years, on the A14 in Suffolk: 1997 to 2009
	(a) Accidents involving	Fatalities in accidents involving
	Drivers¹ aged under 21	Drivers/riders of other vehicles² aged under 21	Drivers¹ aged under 21	Drivers/riders of other vehicles² aged under 21
1997	13	2	1	0
1998	17	3	1	0
1999	18	0	1	0
2000	15	1	0	0
2001	17	1	1	0
2002	18	3	1	0
2003	18	4	0	0
2004	21	3	0	0
2005	19	5	0	0
2006	21	0	0	0
2007	14	1	1	0
2008	21	0	0	0
2009	17	1	1	0
¹ Cars, goods vehicles, bus and coach drivers.
² Includes pedal cycles, motorcycles, other and unknown vehicles.

Figures given in this answer should replace and supersede those given in answer to related parliamentary questions in earlier years. This is a result of recent changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries, and inconsistencies in previously-supplied statistics on accidents involving younger drivers.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

45840; 525 c283-4W

Session

2010-12

Subjects

Accidents Roads Suffolk

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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