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Miss McIntosh: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the rates of road accidents resulting in death or serious injury per 100,000 head of resident
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population were for (a) North Yorkshire, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in each year since 1994. [305306]

Paul Clark: The information requested is given in the table:

Reported fatal or serious road accidents per 100,000 population in (a) North Yorkshire county, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region and (c) England: 1994-2008
Accidents per 100,000 population
Accident year	(a) North Yorkshire( 1)	(b) Yorkshire and the Humber	(c) England
1994	166	73	75
1995	158	75	74
1996	155	71	73
1997	166	70	71
1998	137	66	67
1999	145	65	64
2000	126	62	63
2001	130	63	61
2002	131	64	59
2003	124	62	56
2004	117	59	52
2005	108	54	48
2006	117	55	48
2007	112	55	46
2008	90	49	42
(1) Includes York Unitary Authority

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road accidents resulted in minor injury in (a) North Yorkshire, (b) London, (c) Lancashire and (d) England in each year since 1994. [305307]

Paul Clark: The information requested is given in the following table:

Reported road accidents involving slight injuries( 1) in (a) North Yorkshire county, (b) London, (c) Lancashire county and (d) England: 1994-2008
Number of accidents
Accident year	(a) North Yorkshire( 2)	(b) London	(c) Lancashire( 3)	(d) England
1994	2,500	33,901	5,357	179,789
1995	2,550	33,180	5,084	177,225
1996	2,647	33,435	5,378	183,888
1997	2,663	33,634	5,529	188,328
1998	2,731	33,179	5,366	188,486
1999	2,736	33,879	4,965	186,701
2000	2,637	33,233	4,806	186,595
2001	2,652	32,219	5,134	182,649
2002	2,702	29,762	5,082	176,000
2003	2,644	27,898	4,613	169,659
2004	2,620	25,586	4,874	164,885
2005	2,292	23,925	4,836	158,516
2006	2,106	21,762	4,628	149,465
2007	2,138	20,339	4,595	143,540
2008	1,981	20,371	4,375	134,036
(1) Includes accidents where fatal or serious injuries were also recorded. (2) Includes York Unitary Authority. (3) Includes Blackburn and Blackpool Unitary Authorities.

Miss McIntosh: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road accidents resulted in the death or serious injury of (a) an adult and (b) a child in (i) North Yorkshire, (ii) London, (iii) Lancashire and (iv) England in each year since 1994. [305308]

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Paul Clark: The information requested is given in the following tables:

(a) Reported road accidents involving an adult( 1) killed or seriously injured in (i) North Yorkshire county, (ii) London, (iii) Lancashire county and (iv) England: 1994-2008
Number of accidents
Accident year	(i) North Yorkshire( 2)	(ii) London	(iii) Lancashire( 3)	(iv) England
1994	835	4,530	1,212	30,271
1995	791	4,758	1,172	29,934
1996	765	5,019	1,034	29,705
1997	843	5,276	1,028	29,251
1998	701	5,190	872	27,821
1999	753	4,612	845	26,734
2000	656	4,748	783	26,479
2001	692	4,710	850	25,984
2002	705	4,419	776	25,514
2003	676	4,097	769	24,568
2004	630	3,280	718	22,516
2005	593	2,892	768	21,337
2006	663	3,084	819	21,396
2007	631	2,956	759	20,915
2008	506	2,724	717	19,312
(1) Aged 16 years and over. (2) Includes York Unitary Authority. (3) Includes Blackburn and Blackpool Unitary Authorities.

(b) Reported road accidents involving a child( 1) killed or seriously injured in (i) North Yorkshire county, (ii) London, (iii) Lancashire county and (iv) England: 1994-2008
Number of accidents
Accident year	(i) North Yorkshire( 2)	(ii) London	(iii) Lancashire( 3)	(iv) England
1994	105	847	291	5,889
1995	100	908	300	5,740
1996	120	870	273	5,561
1997	105	912	262	5,213
1998	84	921	210	4,938
1999	85	732	211	4,593
2000	71	702	165	4,216
2001	59	694	201	4,090
2002	63	593	167	3,725
2003	55	522	144	3,322
2004	65	456	140	3,197
2005	53	334	150	2,869
2006	43	372	174	2,668
2007	46	315	145	2,561
2008	38	305	128	2,310
(1) Aged 0 to 15 years. (2) Includes York Unitary Authority. (3) Includes Blackburn and Blackpool Unitary Authorities.

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