Roads: Accidents
(asked on 27th May 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2010 to Question 21910, Official Report, column 112W, how many accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow, there have been in the UK since 2010.
The table below gives the number of accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow, each year from 2010 to 2013 in Great Britain.
Reported accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow: GB 2010 to 2013 | ||||
Accident year | Single trailer | Double trailer | Caravan | Other1 |
2010 | 400 | 12 | 155 | 76 |
2011 | 384 | 22 | 153 | 63 |
2012 | 313 | 23 | 121 | 68 |
2013 | 324 | 10 | 130 | 64 |
1. Including accidents involving multiple cars towing different items | ||||
The Department does not hold information for Northern Ireland so cannot provide figures for the UK.
Statistics for 2014 will be available from the 25th June.