Written question asked by Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone (Conservative) on Thursday, 8 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 27 February 2001. It was answered by Keith Hill (Labour) on Tuesday, 27 February 2001 on behalf of the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions.

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what information he has collated about accident rates on the A3 in the Hindhead area in the past three years. - Includes table.

Answer: Mrs. Virginia Bottomley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what information he has collated about accident rates on the A3 in the Hindhead area in the past three years. [150302] Mr. Hill: As part of the recently completed road based study of the A3 at Hindhead, accident data were collected for a three-year period from late 1996 to late 1999. There are clusters of accidents on the single-carriageway sections and at the Hindhead crossroads but they are not markedly different from clusters elsewhere on similar roads. The number of accidents along the A3 between the scheme over the past three years is as follows: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year/location Fatal Serious Slight 1996-97 Single-carriageway section 1 5 24 Hindhead 0 2 1 Total 1 7 25 1997-98 Single-carriageway section 1 5 30 Hindhead 0 0 4 Total 1 5 34 1998-99 Single-carriageway section 0 3 22 Hindhead 0 0 2 Total 0 3 24 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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