Written question asked by Julia Drown (Labour) on Wednesday, 21 November 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 26 November 2001. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Monday, 26 November 2001 on behalf of the Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions.

Dept for Transport Local Government and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions, how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured on the roads as a result of accidents involving (i). bus, (ii) coach and (iii) lorry drivers in each of the last three years to which the figures are available. - Inc table.

Answer: Ms Drown: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions how many people have been (a) killed and (b) injured on the roads as a result of accidents involving (i) bus, (ii) coach and (iii) lorry drivers in each of the last three years to which the figures are available [18067] Mr. Jamieson: The following table shows the road casualty figures for accidents in Great Britain involving buses and coaches and for accidents involving a heavy goods vehicle (HGV) of over 3.5 tonnes gvw (maximum permissible gross vehicle weight). It is not possible to present separate figures for accidents involving buses and for accidents involving coaches. The figures include driver casualties in the specified vehicle type where these occurred. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Road users killed in accidents involving Road users injured in accidents involving a bus or coach an HGV a bus or coach an HGV 1998 152 576 16,081 18,122 1999 145 620 16,567 19,180 2000 149 560 16,412 19,233 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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