M1: Accidents

(asked on 2nd March 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many serious collisions involving vehicles being stranded in a live lane have taken place from (a) junction 32 to (b) junction 35A of the M1 since March 2017.


Answered by
Rachel Maclean Portrait
Rachel Maclean
This question was answered on 8th March 2021

Between Junctions 32 and 35a of the M1, from March 2017 and up to 31 December 2019 (the latest period for which validated collision data is available), there was 1 collision which involved stationary[1] vehicles.

M1 J32-35a

2017*

2018

2019

Fatal and Serious collisions with stationary vehicles in a live lane

0

0

1**

* Assumed SM ALR opening is March 2017 ** 1 collision led to 2 casualties

[1] In the absence of a Stats19 collision data field that identifies whether a vehicle was broken down or stranded, the field ‘parked’ has been used as a proxy. This will indicate that the collision involved a vehicle that was stationary without offering commentary on the reasons for it being so.

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