Written question asked by Jim Cunningham (Labour) on Thursday, 13 September 2018, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 9 October 2018 (named day). It was answered by Jesse Norman (Conservative) on Tuesday, 9 October 2018 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Coventry

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of road accidents involving telegraph poles or road signs in Coventry since 2010.

Answer

The number of reported accidents where a ‘road sign or traffic signal’ or ‘telegraph or electricity pole’ was recorded as the first object hit off carriageway for a vehicle involved in the accident in Coventry for years 2010 to 2017 is given in the table.

Reported accidents by first object hit by vehicle(s) off carriageway, Coventry, 2010 to 2017

Year	Road sign or traffic signal	Telegraph or electricity pole	Road sign/traffic signal or telegraph/electricity pole¹
2010	4	3	7
2011	5	2	7
2012	4	3	7
2013	7	4	11
2014	4	1	5
2015	8	1	9
2016	4	1	5
2017	8	3	11
			Source: DfT Stats19

1. Accidents can involve both a road sign/traffic signal and a telegraph/electricity pole for different vehicles

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Type: Written question
Reference: 174618
Session: 2017-19
Subjects: Accidents Roads Road signs and markings Coventry
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Roads: Coventry

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