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Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the number of fatal road traffic accidents in (a) Birmingham and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
26 Jun 2026
Target answer date
30 Jun 2026
Answer
6 Jul 2026 · 10 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment she has made of trends in the number of fatal road traffic accidents in (a) Birmingham and (b) the UK in each of the last five years.

  2. 30 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport publishes statistics on reported road traffic collisions annually. The number of reported fatal road traffic collisions in Birmingham and Great Britain in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.YearBirminghamG...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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