Written question asked by Vincent Cable (Liberal Democrat) on Wednesday, 11 November 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 19 November 1998. It was answered by Baroness Hoey (Labour) on Thursday, 19 November 1998 on behalf of the Home Office.

Home Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what is the incidence of (a) injury and (b) death in the Metropolitan Police area, in terms of recorded annual numbers per 1,000 of the population, arising from (i) traffic accidents and (ii) assaults and other violent crimes. - Tables given.

Answer: Dr. Cable: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the incidence of (a) injury and (b) death in the Metropolitan Police area, in terms of recorded annual numbers per 1,000 of the population, arising from (i) traffic accidents and (ii) assaults and other violent crimes. [59878] Kate Hoey: The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis has supplied the following figures for 1997-98: Total Numbers _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Personal injury road traffic accidents Assaults/violent crimes Injury 40,046 49,785 Death 275 {1}174 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excludes all causing death by dangerous driving cases, of which there were 29 deaths recorded in 1997-98. Note: Per 1,000 of the population based on the Office of National Statistics mid-year estimate for 1996 for the Metropolitan Police District (7,564,200). _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Personal injury road traffic accidents Assaults/violent crimes Injury 5.29 6.58 Death 0.04 {1}0.02 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Excludes all causing death by dangerous driving cases, of which there were 29 deaths recorded in 1997-98.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 59878; 319 c726-7W
Session: 1997-98
Subjects: Death Crimes of violence Accidents Greater London Personal injury Metropolitan Police Roads
Contains statistics: Yes