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Written question asked by Jim Fitzpatrick (Labour) on Thursday, 27 June 2013, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 1 July 2013. It was answered by Stephen Hammond (Conservative) on Wednesday, 3 July 2013 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Roads: Accidents

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make an estimate of the total number of road traffic casualties in 2012, including those not reported to the police.

[162799]

Answer

The Department's latest estimate of the total number of road traffic casualties, including those not reported to the police, is that there was a total of 730 thousand casualties in 2011. The information required to update this estimate is not yet fully available. However, the Department plans to update this estimate for the year 2012 in its annual road safety publication, ‘Reported Road Casualties Great Britain’, scheduled for release in September 2013.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
162799; 565 c628W
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Accidents Roads
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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