Ronnie Campbell – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Ronnie Campbell on 2016-05-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities have occurred on the railway network in Great Britain since 2014.
Claire Perry
Rail is a safe mode of travel and the frequency of train accidents involving passenger or workforce fatalities in the UK is at its lowest ever level with 2015-16 being the ninth year in succession without any such fatalities.
The following non-crash related fatalities have occurred on the rail network since 2014:
|
2014/15 |
2015/16 (provisional) |
|
|
Passengers |
3 |
6 |
|
Workforce |
3 |
0 |
|
Public (non-trespass) |
12 |
8 |
|
Public (trespass) |
25 |
30 |
|
Suicide |
289 |
252 |
|
Total |
332 |
296 |
