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Railways: Tees Valley
Ms Dari Taylor:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the case for expansion and modernisation of the local rail network that serves Tees Valley from Darlington. [153376]
Mr. Tom Harris:
Network Rail has developed a programme of Route Utilisation Strategies which examine detailed options for developing the railway and producing business cases to support the options. They are currently consulting on the strategy for the East Coast Main Line and other related lines including those through Darlington and the Tees Valley. I understand that the local authorities and regional bodies in that area have been working closely with Network Rail on the development of the strategy and will be responding to the consultation exercise.
River Dart
Mr. Steen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she will reply to the emails from the Secretary of the River Dart Non Beneficiary Group of 26 June, 1 July and 9 July inviting an official from the ports division to attend the meeting on Wednesday 12 September at Dittisham Parish Hall. [152808]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
Officials from the Department responded on 18 July to the invitation that had been sent to them.
Roads: Accidents
Mr. Jim Cunningham:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents including fatal accidents there were in Coventry in each year since 1995. [152339]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
The number of reported personal injury road accidents, including fatal accidents, in Coventry for each year since 1995 are given in the following table.
Number of accidents |
| Fatal | Total( 1) |
1995
|
8
|
913
|
1996
|
8
|
919
|
1997
|
10
|
1,100
|
1998
|
10
|
1,146
|
1999
|
2
|
1,103
|
2000
|
12
|
1,208
|
2001
|
8
|
1,142
|
2002
|
4
|
1,163
|
2003
|
8
|
1,057
|
2004
|
7
|
934
|
2005
|
14
|
932
|
2006
|
10
|
927
|
(1) Includes fatal, serious and slight accidents.
|
Mr. Andrew Turner:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road fatalities have occurred in (a) each police authority and (b) each operational command unit in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the last 12 months, broken down by age. [152799]
Jim Fitzpatrick:
The number of fatalities in reported personal injury road accidents in each police authority in 2006, by fatality age band, is given in the table.
Number of fatalities |
Police authority | 0-15 | 16-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70-79 | 80+ | Total( 1) |
Avon and Somerset
|
3
|
12
|
17
|
18
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
82
|
Bedfordshire
|
1
|
8
|
10
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
2
|
32
|
Cambridgeshire
|
1
|
6
|
10
|
13
|
12
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
62
|
Cheshire
|
0
|
6
|
11
|
13
|
10
|
8
|
4
|
7
|
4
|
64
|
City of London
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
Cleveland
|
1
|
5
|
5
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
19
|
Cumbria
|
3
|
13
|
10
|
11
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
59
|
Derbyshire
|
3
|
7
|
13
|
10
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
6
|
0
|
47
|
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Devon and Cornwall
|
3
|
16
|
13
|
13
|
16
|
6
|
5
|
7
|
10
|
93
|
Dorset
|
5
|
4
|
6
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
6
|
38
|
Durham
|
2
|
3
|
11
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
29
|
Essex
|
5
|
13
|
30
|
17
|
12
|
8
|
1
|
7
|
7
|
100
|
Gloucestershire
|
1
|
8
|
16
|
4
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
38
|
Greater Manchester
|
6
|
8
|
26
|
15
|
9
|
5
|
3
|
9
|
9
|
90
|
Hampshire
|
2
|
12
|
20
|
9
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
5
|
8
|
72
|
Hertfordshire
|
3
|
6
|
8
|
9
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
2
|
43
|
Humberside
|
0
|
6
|
15
|
4
|
10
|
8
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
51
|
Kent
|
5
|
10
|
19
|
18
|
11
|
14
|
3
|
6
|
3
|
91
|
Lancashire
|
6
|
7
|
18
|
7
|
8
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
4
|
63
|
Leicestershire
|
4
|
13
|
14
|
10
|
17
|
5
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
73
|
Lincolnshire
|
5
|
11
|
8
|
13
|
12
|
7
|
4
|
1
|
5
|
66
|
Merseyside
|
5
|
9
|
8
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
2
|
3
|
7
|
45
|
Metropolitan Police
|
16
|
19
|
55
|
34
|
28
|
21
|
15
|
15
|
26
|
230
|
Norfolk
|
3
|
8
|
9
|
7
|
4
|
7
|
9
|
11
|
8
|
66
|
North Yorkshire
|
4
|
9
|
14
|
8
|
9
|
6
|
3
|
10
|
6
|
69
|
Northamptonshire
|
1
|
11
|
15
|
19
|
11
|
11
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
74
|
Northumbria
|
1
|
10
|
14
|
8
|
9
|
2
|
7
|
6
|
4
|
61
|
Nottinghamshire
|
3
|
8
|
14
|
14
|
8
|
8
|
4
|
5
|
3
|
67
|
South Yorkshire
|
8
|
4
|
18
|
10
|
7
|
9
|
3
|
4
|
8
|
71
|
Staffordshire
|
4
|
12
|
22
|
9
|
8
|
9
|
5
|
5
|
7
|
81
|
Suffolk
|
1
|
6
|
12
|
5
|
7
|
4
|
2
|
6
|
4
|
47
|
Surrey
|
1
|
4
|
9
|
9
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
6
|
10
|
52
|
Sussex
|
3
|
9
|
15
|
18
|
14
|
11
|
12
|
6
|
11
|
99
|
Thames Valley
|
5
|
17
|
39
|
25
|
16
|
17
|
6
|
8
|
10
|
143
|
Warwickshire
|
1
|
7
|
15
|
7
|
7
|
2
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
47
|
West Mercia
|
2
|
17
|
10
|
8
|
11
|
8
|
4
|
4
|
10
|
74
|
West Midlands
|
9
|
4
|
28
|
17
|
16
|
5
|
9
|
5
|
9
|
102
|
West Yorkshire
|
7
|
17
|
34
|
10
|
11
|
8
|
6
|
7
|
13
|
113
|
Wiltshire
|
1
|
3
|
13
|
6
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
3
|
5
|
41
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Dyfed-Powys
|
4
|
10
|
7
|
12
|
7
|
10
|
5
|
1
|
0
|
56
|
Gwent
|
1
|
1
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
2
|
1
|
2
|
17
|
North Wales
|
3
|
9
|
10
|
6
|
4
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
4
|
45
|
South Wales
|
2
|
3
|
13
|
9
|
3
|
4
|
1
|
3
|
7
|
45
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Central
|
3
|
2
|
5
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
19
|
Dumfries and Galloway
|
0
|
3
|
5
|
7
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
0
|
25
|
Fife
|
2
|
2
|
4
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
19
|
Grampian
|
3
|
10
|
15
|
13
|
6
|
4
|
1
|
6
|
4
|
62
|
Lothian and Borders
|
3
|
3
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
4
|
42
|
Northern
|
3
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
5
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
30
|
Strathclyde
|
10
|
4
|
19
|
13
|
12
|
9
|
7
|
13
|
9
|
96
|
Tayside
|
1
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
21
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
Great Britain
|
169
|
398
|
726
|
500
|
398
|
283
|
202
|
230
|
257
|
3,172
|
(1) Includes cases where the age of the fatality was not recorded.
|