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Written question asked by Andrew George (Liberal Democrat) on Thursday, 4 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 July 2002. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Tuesday, 9 July 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Dept for Transport

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the likely impact of bull bars on pedestrians who are involved in collision with the front of vehicles at varying speeds; what recent assessment he has made of proposals to ban the fitting of bull bars to the front of vehicles in the United Kingdom; how many vehicles with bull bars were licensed for use on United Kingdom roads in each of the last five years for which records are available. - Inc figures.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
388 c799W;388 c803W; 68381;68382;68380
Session
2001-02
Subjects
Accidents Motor vehicles Pedestrians Safety Safety measures Roads Bull bars
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk