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Ministry of Defence

Answer

Mr. McNamara: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many deaths of service personnel were due to road traffic accidents in each year since 1990; and how many and what proportion of deaths occurred (a) as part of a combat mission, (b) on military exercises, (c) inside barracks or military premises and (d) in civilian vehicles. [141800] Mr. Ingram: Between 1990 and 2002 there were 807 road traffic accident (RTA) deaths among United Kingdom regular Service personnel (both trained and untrained), details of which by year are given in the following table. Of these, the NATO Standard Agreement (STANAG) (2050) coding system used to record injury-related deaths describes six (0.7 per cent.) as having occurred as Battle Casualties, 13 (1.6 per cent.) as having occurred during exercises, and the remaining 788 (97.6 per cent.) as accidental injuries. Information on the civilian ownership of vehicles is not specifically recorded, although 85 (10.6 per cent.) of the RTA deaths described were recorded as having occurred in military- owned vehicles. Information on the number of accidents which occurred inside barracks or on military premises is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Deaths of Regular Service personnel resulting from Road Traffic Accidents: 1990-2002 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Year Number 1990 100 1991 91 1992 80 1993 75 1994 58 1995 52 1996 42 1997 51 1998 61 1999 42 2000 45 2001 48 2002 62 Total 807 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

415 c275-6W;415 c275W; 141800

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Armed forces Death Accidents Deployment Civilians Military bases Roads Vehicles Military exercises

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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