Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle accidents on the A282 were registered by Highways England between 1 September 2014 and 31 August 2015.
Answered by John Hayes
The table below provides a) the number of collisions of all types recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency, and b) the number of personal-injury collision reported to the police, which occurred on the A282 for the time periods requested.
Period | a) All collisions recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency | b) Personal-injury accidents which were reported to the police |
Sept 2010 to August 2011 | 74 | 76 |
Sept 2011 to August 2012 | 79 | 51 |
Sept 2012 to August 2013 | 143 | 71 |
Sept 2013 to August 2014 | 318 | 64 |
Sept 2014 to August 2015 | 675 | 64 |
The figures in a) are all incidents described as a “road traffic collision – no injury” or “road traffic collision injury / fatality” but have not been verified. Prior to 2014, incident data was recorded manually in paper format and was completed by staff with multiple responsibilities, so all incidents may not have been recorded.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle accidents on the A282 were registered by Highways England between 1 September 2013 and 31 August 2014.
Answered by John Hayes
The table below provides a) the number of collisions of all types recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency, and b) the number of personal-injury collision reported to the police, which occurred on the A282 for the time periods requested.
Period | a) All collisions recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency | b) Personal-injury accidents which were reported to the police |
Sept 2010 to August 2011 | 74 | 76 |
Sept 2011 to August 2012 | 79 | 51 |
Sept 2012 to August 2013 | 143 | 71 |
Sept 2013 to August 2014 | 318 | 64 |
Sept 2014 to August 2015 | 675 | 64 |
The figures in a) are all incidents described as a “road traffic collision – no injury” or “road traffic collision injury / fatality” but have not been verified. Prior to 2014, incident data was recorded manually in paper format and was completed by staff with multiple responsibilities, so all incidents may not have been recorded.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle accidents on the A282 were registered by Highways England between 1 September 2012 and 31 August 2013.
Answered by John Hayes
The table below provides a) the number of collisions of all types recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency, and b) the number of personal-injury collision reported to the police, which occurred on the A282 for the time periods requested.
Period | a) All collisions recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency | b) Personal-injury accidents which were reported to the police |
Sept 2010 to August 2011 | 74 | 76 |
Sept 2011 to August 2012 | 79 | 51 |
Sept 2012 to August 2013 | 143 | 71 |
Sept 2013 to August 2014 | 318 | 64 |
Sept 2014 to August 2015 | 675 | 64 |
The figures in a) are all incidents described as a “road traffic collision – no injury” or “road traffic collision injury / fatality” but have not been verified. Prior to 2014, incident data was recorded manually in paper format and was completed by staff with multiple responsibilities, so all incidents may not have been recorded.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle accidents on the A282 were registered by Highways England between 1 September 2011 and 31 August 2012.
Answered by John Hayes
The table below provides a) the number of collisions of all types recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency, and b) the number of personal-injury collision reported to the police, which occurred on the A282 for the time periods requested.
Period | a) All collisions recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency | b) Personal-injury accidents which were reported to the police |
Sept 2010 to August 2011 | 74 | 76 |
Sept 2011 to August 2012 | 79 | 51 |
Sept 2012 to August 2013 | 143 | 71 |
Sept 2013 to August 2014 | 318 | 64 |
Sept 2014 to August 2015 | 675 | 64 |
The figures in a) are all incidents described as a “road traffic collision – no injury” or “road traffic collision injury / fatality” but have not been verified. Prior to 2014, incident data was recorded manually in paper format and was completed by staff with multiple responsibilities, so all incidents may not have been recorded.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle accidents on the A282 were registered by Highways England between 1 September 2010 and 31 August 2011.
Answered by John Hayes
The table below provides a) the number of collisions of all types recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency, and b) the number of personal-injury collision reported to the police, which occurred on the A282 for the time periods requested.
Period | a) All collisions recorded by Highways England/Highways Agency | b) Personal-injury accidents which were reported to the police |
Sept 2010 to August 2011 | 74 | 76 |
Sept 2011 to August 2012 | 79 | 51 |
Sept 2012 to August 2013 | 143 | 71 |
Sept 2013 to August 2014 | 318 | 64 |
Sept 2014 to August 2015 | 675 | 64 |
The figures in a) are all incidents described as a “road traffic collision – no injury” or “road traffic collision injury / fatality” but have not been verified. Prior to 2014, incident data was recorded manually in paper format and was completed by staff with multiple responsibilities, so all incidents may not have been recorded.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the change in the number of (a) cars and (b) HGVs using the Dartford Crossing in the last 10 years.
Answered by John Hayes
Highways England only holds data for vehicles using the Dartford Crossing (during the charging hours of 06.00 hrs to 22.00 hrs) from April 2010 to October 2016. There is no data available prior to April 2010.
The total number of cars and HGVs for this period is shown in the following tables:
Where data for the full year is available:
2011-2015
Northbound and Southbound* | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
Number of Cars | 30,438,135 | 29,658,825 | 28,942,518 | 29,222,669 | 31,168,494 |
Number of HGV’s** | 4,863,481 | 4,850,745 | 4,867,198 | 5,010,762 | 5,395,963 |
Total Crossings | 44,694,780 | 43,851,122 | 43,267,156 | 44,366,500 | 46,660,250 |
Where data for part of the year is available:
2010: Data for 9 months: April to December 2010 only
Northbound and Southbound* | 2010 |
Number of Cars | 23,659,574 |
Number of HGV’s* | 3,611,600 |
Total Crossings | 34,265,357 |
2016: Data for 10 months: January to October 2016 only
Northbound and Southbound* | 2016 |
Number of Cars | 26,681,951 |
Number of HGV’s** | 4,763,703 |
Total Crossings | 40,316,552 |
*crossings combined
**Multi-axle Goods Vehicles
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions in the last 12 months the Dartford Crossing has been closed; and what the cause was of each such closure.
Answered by John Hayes
The Dartford Crossing consists of two northbound tunnels and the southbound Queen Elizabeth II Bridge. In the last 12 month period there were a total of 14 occasions when the crossing was fully closed either northbound or southbound.
There were six bridge closures (four due to high winds, one due to a police led incident and one due to a suicide), four tunnel closures (one due to problems with the Traffic Safety System, one due to problems with the reporting tool for fire safety and two due to car fires) and four closures of the carriageway leading up to the crossing due to police led incidents.
Asked by: Gareth Johnson (Conservative - Dartford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) cars and (b) HGVs that will use the Dartford Crossing in the next (i) year, (ii) five years and (iii) 10 years.
Answered by John Hayes
Highways England is continuously reviewing the performance of the Dartford Crossing following the introduction of the Dart Charge scheme in 2014 and as part of the wider strategic road network.
As part of its options works for the Lower Thames Crossing, Highways England carried out a traffic modelling assessment and traffic flow forecasts were produced for the Dartford Crossing for the next (iii) 10 years, until 2025 (the proposed scheme opening year), and 2041 (the scheme design year) as set out in the consultation materials. This included the number of light vehicles (cars) and heavy goods vehicles.
The annual average daily traffic flow at the Dartford Crossing is forecast to rise from 140,000 vehicles in 2014 to 159,300 vehicles in 2025. Of this daily total 130,700 are (a) light vehicle and 28,600 and (b) heavy goods vehicles.