Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a return to the oral question asked by Mr. Gargan on February 27, 1990, with respect to vehicle accidents in the Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, on Wednesday, February 26, the day before yesterday, I reported that 73 per cent of all highway accidents occurred in the highway corridors of Highways No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3. Yesterday, Mr. Speaker, the Member for Deh Cho followed up on my report and asked me for the absolute numbers of accidents on the highway system.
The most reliable traffic accident data I can quote is for the calendar year 1989. In 1989, there were 995 traffic accidents reported in the Northwest Territories involving property damage over $1000. Of these, 829 occurred within a municipality and 166 took place on the highway system. As I said in the House, 73 per cent of these accidents, or 121, occurred on the Highways No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 corridor.
Although I am less confident with the data for the total number of traffic accidents in 1990 and 1991, the pattern of highway accidents does remain roughly the same as I reported. The highway corridor of Highways No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3 accounts for 70 per cent of reported accidents in 1990 and 66 per cent in 1991. Thank you