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Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what proportion of (a) fatal, (b) serious and (c) minor road traffic accidents involved a foreign-registered car in each year since 1997. [139609]

Dr. Ladyman: The number and percentage of reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one foreign registered car in 2005 is given in the following table.

Reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one foreign registered car, GB: 2005
Accident severity	Number of accidents	Percentage of all reported accidents
Fatal	15	0.5
Serious	84	0.3
Slight	730	0.4

This information is not available for years prior to 2005.

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Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of people aged (a) 17 to 23, (b) 24 to 29, (c) 30 to 39, (d) 40 to 49, (e) 50 to 59, (f) 60 to 69, (g) 70 to 79, (h) 80 to 89 and (i) over 90 years were involved in (i) minor accidents, (ii) serious
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and (iii) fatal road traffic accidents in each year since 1997. [139669]

Dr. Ladyman: The information requested is given in the following table.

Percentage of population involved in reported personal injury road accidents, by age and severity: GB 1997 to 2005
Percentage of population( 1)
		Age
	Severity	17 to 23	24 to 29	30 to 39	40 to 49	50 to 59	60 to 69	70 to 79	80 to 89	90 and over
1997	Fatal	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.07	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.18	0.12	0.09	0.06	0.05	0.05	0.05	0.06	0.03
	Slight	1.20	0.86	0.62	0.43	0.33	0.24	0.21	0.18	0.09
1998	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.17	0.11	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.05	0.06	0.03
	Slight	1.17	0.86	0.63	0.44	0.33	0.24	0.21	0.18	0.10
1999	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.15	0.10	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.03
	Slight	1.11	0.84	0.63	0.44	0.33	0.24	0.20	0.18	0.10
2000	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.15	0.10	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.03
	Slight	1.10	0.83	0.64	0.45	0.34	0.24	0.20	0.17	0.09
2001	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.15	0.10	0.08	0.06	0.04	0.04	0.04	0.05	0.03
	Slight	1.07	0.79	0.62	0.45	0.32	0.24	0.20	0.18	0.10
2002	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.07
	Serious	0.15	0.10	0.07	0.06	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02
	Slight	1.05	0.76	0.60	0.44	0.32	0.23	0.20	0.17	0.10
2003	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.14	0.09	0.07	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.02
	Slight	0.99	0.73	0.57	0.43	0.30	0.23	0.19	0.17	0.10
2004	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.13	0.08	0.06	0.05	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.02
	Slight	0.97	0.70	0.54	0.41	0.30	0.21	0.18	0.17	0.09
2005	Fatal	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.01	0.01	0.01
	Serious	0.12	0.07	0.06	0.05	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
	Slight	0.94	0.68	0.52	0.40	0.29	0.20	0.17	0.16	0.09
(1) 10.00 per cent. indicates that less than 0.005 per cent. of the age group were involved in accidents of the given severity.

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