Department for Transport written question – answered at on 16 October 2018.
Rachael Maskell
Shadow Minister (Transport)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been killed on the rail network in each of the last 10 years.
Rachael Maskell
Shadow Minister (Transport)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the age was of each person who suffered (a) an injury and (b) a fatality on the railways in each of the last 10 years; and what the cause of each such injury and fatality was.
Jo Johnson
Minister of State (Department for Education) (Universities and Science) (Joint with the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy), Minister of State (Department for Transport), Minister of State (London)
Official statistics relating to the annual numbers of injuries and fatalities on the mainline, London Underground and other light rail networks in Great Britain since 2002-03 are published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) on their website at:
https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/browsereports/5
These tables accompany an annual ORR statistical release. The latest publication (for 2017-18) can be found at the following address:
http://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0016/39103/rail-safety-statistics-2017-18.pdf
Injury statistics published by the ORR for the mainline rail network are based on data collected by the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB). The ORR does not currently publish any further specific information on rail injuries by age or by cause.
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