PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
A47: Accidents (16 March 2020)
Question Asked
Asked by:
James Wild (Conservative)
Answer
The number of fatalities, seriously injured casualties and slightly injured casualties in reported road accidents on the A47 by road type since 2010 can be found in the table below.
Casualties in reported road accidents on the A47, by road type and severity¹, 2010 - 2018 | ||||||||||
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Road type | Severity | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
Dual carriageway | Fatal | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Serious | 23 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 16 | 20 |
| Slight | 116 | 118 | 113 | 112 | 105 | 104 | 125 | 120 | 139 |
Single carriageway | Fatal | 9 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Serious | 29 | 41 | 22 | 35 | 42 | 40 | 37 | 27 | 50 |
| Slight | 240 | 247 | 257 | 229 | 208 | 222 | 294 | 265 | 277 |
Other² | Fatal | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Serious | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 8 |
| Slight | 77 | 82 | 68 | 90 | 78 | 93 | 59 | 55 | 59 |
Source: DfT, STATS19 | ||||||||||
1. as reported by the police | ||||||||||
2. includes one way streets, roundabouts, slip roads and unknown road type | ||||||||||
Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, as reported by the police are not comparable with earlier years.
Answered by:
Rachel Maclean (Conservative)
19 March 2020
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