{"value":{"id":1290130,"askingMemberId":4267,"askingMember":null,"house":"Commons","memberHasInterest":false,"dateTabled":"2021-02-25T00:00:00","dateForAnswer":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","uin":"158937","questionText":"To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents in which a vehicle was stranded in a live lane have taken place between junctions 32 and 35A of the M1 since March 2017.","answeringBodyId":27,"answeringBodyName":"Department for Transport","isWithdrawn":false,"isNamedDay":true,"groupedQuestions":[],"answerIsHolding":false,"answerIsCorrection":false,"answeringMemberId":4668,"answeringMember":null,"correctingMemberId":null,"correctingMember":null,"dateAnswered":"2021-03-02T00:00:00","answerText":"<p>The <em>Smart Motorway Safety Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan</em>, published in March 2020 considered the number of breakdown incidents by Strategic Road Network (SRN) road type. At a national level, conventional motorways had on an average annual basis 129,991 breakdowns (over 2017-2018), while All Lane Running (ALR) motorways had a total of 22,963 breakdowns over the same period.</p><p> </p><p>The table below records all breakdown incidents that have been recorded in a live lane between junctions 32 and 35A of the M1, in both directions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Month/Year</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>76</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>88</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>80</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>58</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p>84</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There has been significant interest in the number of live lane breakdowns on motorways. It is important to note that live lane breakdown data is not a reliable safety indicator to correlate with serious or fatal casualties.</p><p> </p>","originalAnswerText":"","comparableAnswerText":"","dateAnswerCorrected":null,"dateHoldingAnswer":null,"attachmentCount":0,"heading":"M1: South Yorkshire","attachments":[],"groupedQuestionsDates":[]},"links":[{"rel":"self","href":"/Questions/1290130","method":"GET"}]}