Written question WQ84698

Asked by: Natasha AsgharConservativeMember for South Wales East
To be answered by: Minister for Climate Change
Tabled: 7 March 2022
Due: 14 March 2022
Answered: 14 March 2022
Time to answer: 7 daysAnswered by the due date

Question

Will the Minister provide the number of casualties that have occurred on the M4 as a result of collisions in Wales for the years 2017/18, 2018/19, 2019/20, 2020/21, 2021/22?

Answer

Answered by Deputy Minister for Climate Change

Please see below table as recorded via the Stats 19 – Road Accident Database.

Number of road accident casualties on the M4 in Wales by financial year, 2017-18 onwards

Financial Year Number of Casualties

2017-18 205

2018-19 171

2019-20 187

2020-21 86

Source: Stats 19 - Road Accident Database

Police recorded road accident and casualty numbers throughout most of 2020 were affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic which saw restrictions on how, where and why people could travel within Wales. This is reflected in the decrease shown in the table above for 2020-21.

At present there is no available validated Stats 19 information for 2021-22.

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