Dual Carriageways and Motorways: Accidents

(asked on 29th June 2021) - View Source
Questioner
Lord Hay of Ballyore Portrait
Lord Hay of Ballyore
(Democratic Unionist Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fatalities there were in each of the last three years on (1) motorways, (2) dual carriageways, and (3) single carriageways.

Answered by
Baroness Vere of Norbiton Portrait
Baroness Vere of Norbiton
Parliamentary Secretary (HM Treasury)
This question was answered on 5th July 2021

The number of fatal casualties in reported accidents on motorways, dual carriageways, and single carriageways in Great Britain for each year since 2017 can be found in the table below.

Fatal casualties in reported road accidents by road type, GB: 2017-2020

2017

2018

2019

2020 1

Motorway2

99

107

105

83

Dual carriageway3

268

282

252

*

Single carriageway3

1366

1332

1330

*

Source: DfT, STATS19

1 The number of fatalities on motorways in 2020 is provisional. Data for 2020 fatalities on dual carriageways and single carriageways is due to be published in September 2021.

2 Includes motorways and A(M) roads.

3 Excluding motorways and A(M) roads.

Reticulating Splines