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Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the (a) percentage of UK-registered and (b) number of foreign-registered vehicles of each type which have used (i) motorways and (ii) dual carriageways in the last year. [312503]

Paul Clark: The Department for Transport does not hold data on either the percentage of vehicles that have used motorways or dual carriageways, or the number of foreign registered vehicles that have used motorways or dual carriageways.

Roads: Accidents

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many and what proportion of drivers in each five-year age cohort were involved in a road traffic accident causing (a) death and (b) serious injury in each of the last three years for which figures are readily available. [311727]

Paul Clark: The information requested is shown in the following tables.

Drivers( 1) involved in (a) fatal and (b) serious( 2) reported road accidents by age group: GB 2006-08
Number of drivers
Fatal accidents Serious accidents
Age of driver 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008

Under 17

14

8

7

66

41

50

17-19

363

331

268

2,566

2,382

2,178

20-24

562

483

384

3,826

3,813

3,497

25-29

440

371

367

3,363

3,121

3,006

30-34

368

351

300

3,072

2,917

2,587

35-39

406

394

310

3,448

3,103

2,862

40-44

414

394

324

3,266

3,011

2,868

45-49

351

347

321

2,505

2,500

2,407

50-54

269

307

238

1,980

2,040

1,887

55-59

304

258

172

1,844

1,738

1,591

60-64

212

191

180

1,335

1,381

1,380

65-69

111

117

103

816

782

763

70-74

86

85

77

644

573

605

75-79

63

69

78

451

479

450

80-84

55

43

55

299

319

327

85-89

35

38

20

148

139

169

90-94

2

6

9

18

23

23

95+

2

1

1

1

2

3

(1) Car, goods vehicle, bus and coach drivers.
(2) Accidents in which at least one person was seriously injured but no person was killed.

Drivers( 1) involved in (a) fatal and (b) serious( 2) reported road accidents per 100,000 driving licence holders( 3) by age group: GB 2006-08
Rate per 100,000 driving licence holders
Fatal accidents Serious accidents
Age of Driver 2006 2007 2008 2006 2007 2008

17-19

24

20

17

167

146

137

20-24

19

16

12

126

123

110

25-29

14

12

11

107

99

92

30-34

11

11

9

89

88

79

35-39

10

10

8

87

80

74

40-49

10

10

8

76

72

68

50-59

9

9

7

61

61

56

60+

7

7

6

47

45

42

(1) Car, goods vehicle, bus and coach drivers.
(2) Accidents in which at least one person was seriously injured but no person was killed.
(3) Full and provisional driving licences.
Source:
National Travel Survey

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It is not possible to identify if the same driver was involved in more than one accident so there may be some double counting in the number of drivers involved in accidents. This does not take into account people that drive without a licence, driving licence holders that do not drive or those under 17 years of age.

Due to the small sample size used in the National Travel Survey some age groups are shown in age bands larger than five years in the second table.

Chris Ruane: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) adults and (b) children who were (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured in road accidents involving drivers who were under the influence of (A) drink, (B) drugs and (C) both drink and drugs in each of the last three years. [311866]

Paul Clark: The estimated number of (a) adults and (b) children who were (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured in reported drink drive accidents in each of the last three years with data available is shown in the following table:

Estimated( 1 ) (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured drink drive casualties: GB 2005-07

2005 2006 2007

(i) Killed

(a) Adult(2)

550

550

410

(b) Child(3)

10

10

0

All ages(4)

550

560

410

(ii) Seriously injured

(a) Adult(2)

1,950

1,860

1,700

(b) Child(3)

90

70

70

All ages(4)

2,090

1,970

1,760

(1)Estimates are based on breath test and coroners' data. They are rounded to the nearest 10 so columns may not add up to their total. (2)Aged 16+ years. (3)Aged 0-15 years. (4)Includes cases where age was not recorded.

The number of (a) adults and (b) children who were (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured in road accidents where "driver impaired by drugs (illicit or medicinal)" was reported as a contributory factor in each of the last three years with data available, and the number where a driver also had "impaired by alcohol" reported as a contributory factor, are shown in the following table:


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Reported (a) adult and (b) child road casualties who were (i) killed and (ii) seriously injured in road accidents where "impaired by drugs (illicit or medicinal)" and "impaired by alcohol" were reported as contributory factors( 1) : GB 2006-08
Contributory factor Year of accident

2006 2007 2008

Impaired by drugs (illicit or medicinal)

(i) Killed

(a) Adult(2)

62

70

57

(b) Child(3)

2

1

3

All ages(4)

64

71

60

(ii) Seriously injured

(a) Adult(2)

246

247

265

(b) Child(3)

9

13

11

All ages(4)

262

261

280

Driver "impaired by drugs (illicit or medicinal)" and "impaired by alcohol"

(i) Killed

(a) Adult(2)

27

34

27

(b) Child(3)

0

0

2

All ages(4)

27

34

29

(ii) Seriously injured

(a) Adult(2)

94

121

121

(b) Child(3)

2

7

9

All ages(4)

99

129

132

(1)( )Only includes accidents where a police officer attended the scene and reported a contributory factor.
(2)( )Aged 16+ years.
(3)( )Aged 0-15 years.
(4)( )Includes cases where age was not recorded.

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