Speeches

Alex Chalk – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Alex Chalk on 2016-04-26.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have been recorded over the last five years on the area of the A417 in Gloucestershire for which an upgrade is planned in 2020.

Andrew Jones

Highways England is starting full-scale options work on the A417 Missing Link ‘Air Balloon’ roundabout scheme this financial year (2016/17), with the intention that the scheme will be ready to start construction as early as possible in the next Road Investment Strategy period which starts on 1 April 2020.

A total of 65 personal injury road accidents were reported to the police between 2010 and 2014 in the vicinity of the A417 scheme.

The number of reported personal injury road accidents per year by severity are as follows:

Fatal

Serious

Slight

Total

2010

1

1

14

16

2011

1

0

9

10

2012

0

2

13

15

2013

2

2

4

8

2014

2

3

11

16

5yr total

6

8

51

65

Figures for 2015 will be published on 30th June 2016.