Mr. Grieve:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will instruct the Highways Agency to ensure that road signage on the Isle of Sheppey and the A249 includes directions to HM Prison Swaleside, HM Prison Elmley and HM Prison Standford Hill. [285276]
Chris Mole:
The signing for the HM Prisons Isle of Sheppey on the A249 is being reviewed by the Highways Agency in liaison with Kent county council which is responsible for all other roads on the island. The Highways Agency hope to be able to reach a conclusion in this matter soon.
Roads: Death
Norman Baker:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many people were killed in (a) road and (b) rail accidents in each year since 1980. [284810]
Paul Clark:
The numbers of people killed in reported (a) road and (b) rail accidents in Great Britain in each year between 1980 and 2008 are given in the table.
Number of fatalities
Road accidents( 1)
Rail accidents( 2) : total
O f which : train accidents( 3)
1980
5,953
429
7
1981
5,846
445
7
1982
5,937
353
11
1983
5,445
427
10
1984
5,599
415
30
1985
5,165
392
6
1986
5,385
397
27
1987
5,125
421
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1988
5,052
431
40
1989
5,373
362
18
1990
5,217
369
4
1991
4,568
359
12
1992
4,229
307
10
1993
3,814
316
4
1994
3,650
299
12
1995
3,621
269
5
1996
3,598
288
5
1997
3,599
299
8
1998
3,421
288
4
1999
3,423
349
34
2000
3,409
319
7
2001
3,450
308
13
2002
3,431
316
11
2003
3,508
286
11
2004
3,221
288
12
2005
3,201
314
9
2006
3,172
343
1
2007
2,946
309
4
2008
2,538
(4)-
(4)-
(1 )Fatalities in reported personal injury road accidents on the public highway which involved at least one vehicle. Confirmed suicides are excluded. (2) Fatalities in train accidents, accidents occurring through movement of railway vehicles and other accidents occurring on railway infrastructure (including acts of trespass and suicides). (3) Train accidents are defined as collisions, derailments, trains running into obstructions, fires on board trains and missile damage to drivers' cab windscreens. (4) 2008 figures for fatalities in rail accidents are scheduled for publication end July 2009.
Mr. Jenkins:
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road fatalities there have been in each constituency in the West Midlands in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [285363]
Paul Clark:
The number of fatalities resulting from reported personal injury road accidents in each constituency in the West Midlands in each of the last five years are given in the table: