Written question asked by Peter L Pike (Labour) on Tuesday, 17 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 4 July 2003. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Friday, 4 July 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people working on road repairs and improvements over each of the last three years have been (a) injured and (b) killed working on (i) motorways, (ii) other trunk roads and (iii) all other roads. (Further information on 17.07.2003 at 409 c619W) - Includes table.

Answer: Mr. Pike: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people working on road repairs and improvements over each of the last three years have been (a) injured and (b) killed working on (i) motorways, (ii) other trunk roads and (iii) all other roads. [120672] Mr. Jamieson: The number of people injured and killed while working on road repairs and improvements on Motorways and other trunk roads in England over the last three years is shown in the following table. Information for all other roads is not available. Reported Casualties at HAl roadworks (Motorways and Trunk Roads)2 2000-02: Casualties _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Severity Motorway Trunk road Total 2000 Fatal 1 2 3 Injured 48 11 59 All 49 13 62 2001 Fatal 3 1 4 Injured 47 26 73 All 50 27 77 2002 Fatal 1 5 6 Injured 59 37 96 All 60 42 102 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Highways Agency. 2 Motorways and Trunk roads in England. Source: Reports from Highways Agency contractors.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 120672; 408 c502W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Death Accidents Casualties Industrial accidents Motorways Roads Repairs and maintenance
Contains statistics: Yes
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