Written question asked by Alan Duncan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 12 July 2002. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Friday, 12 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) fatal motor vehicle accidents, (b) fatalities, (c) motor vehicle accidents resulting in serious injury and (d) motor vehicle accidents requiring the attendance of an ambulance there were on the (i) A47 between Uppingham and Leicester and (ii) A52 between Barrowby and Bingham in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Alan Duncan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) fatal motor vehicle accidents, (b) fatalities, (c) motor vehicle accidents resulting in serious injury and (d) motor vehicle accidents requiring the attendance of an ambulance there were on the (i) A47 between Uppingham and Leicester and (ii) A52 between Barrowby and Bingham in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement. [69516] Mr. Jamieson: The number of fatal accidents, fatalities and serious road accidents for the stretches of road requested are shown in the tables below. Information is not available on the number of accidents requiring the attendance of an ambulance. Personal Injury Road Accidents and Casualties on the A47 Uppingham1 to Leicester2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year of Accident Fatal accidents Fatalities Serious accidents 1997 2 3 1 1998 0 0 6 1999 2 3 8 2000 2 3 5 2001(P) 4 5 7 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Uppingham is taken as OS reference {48639,30066}. 2 Leicester is taken as OS reference {46145,30540}. (P) Figures for 2001 are provisional.

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