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Dept for Transport

Answer

Jane Griffiths: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrians have been (a) injured, (b) seriously injured and (c) killed in collisions with (i) car drivers, (ii) drivers of all motor vehicles and (iii) cyclists in each of the last five years. [207719] Mr. Jamieson: The information requested is shown in the following table. Figures are taken from the annual publication "Road Casualties Great Britain" copies of which can be found in the House of Commons Library. Pedestrian casualties by vehicle hit in accident: GB 1999-2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of casualties Vehicle type: Severity 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Pedal cycle Killed 5 3 0 4 4 Serious 70 66 60 47 45 Slight 276 225 198 158 210 All 351 294 258 209 259 Car Killed 608 590 531 534 533 Serious 7,451 7,161 6,828 6,496 5,886 Slight 27,603 27,038 26,127 24,944 23,390 All 35,662 34,789 33,486 32,024 29,809 All motor vehicles1 Killed 863 849 822 766 762 Serious 8,867 8,549 8,161 7,790 7,100 Slight 32,685 32,200 31,237 29,906 28,206 All 42,415 41,598 40,220 38,462 36,068 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Excludes vehicle type not reported.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

207719; 429 c384W

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Accidents Cars Casualties Cycling Motor vehicles Pedestrians Roads

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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