Daniel Zeichner – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Daniel Zeichner on 2015-11-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many children have died in road accidents since 2010-11; and if he will estimate what proportion of those children were from households in the lowest income decile.
Andrew Jones
The table below gives the number of children (aged 0-15) killed in reported personal-injury road accidents in Great Britain for 2010 to 2014.
The Department does not collect any information on the household income of road causalities.
Table: Child (aged 0-15) fatalities in reported personal injury road accidents: GB, 2010-2014
|
2005-2009 average |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
|
Child deaths, England |
107 |
47 |
47 |
55 |
38 |
46 |
|
Child deaths, Wales and Scotland |
8 |
13 |
6 |
10 |
7 |
|
|
Total Child deaths, GB |
|
55 |
60 |
61 |
48 |
53 |
