Railways: Death

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 12 May 2016.

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Photo of Ronnie Campbell Ronnie Campbell Labour, Blyth Valley

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities have occurred on the railway network in Great Britain since 2014.

Photo of Claire Perry Claire Perry Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

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

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