§ MR. CHANNING (Northampton, E.)I beg to ask the President of the Board of Trade what has been the number of railway servants killed by accidents in which the movement of vehicles used exclusively on railways was concerned in each year since the Return No. 166, of 1894; and what has been the number of such fatal accidents investigated in each such years by inspectors or sub-inspector of the Board of Trade?
§ THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE (Mr. C. T. RITCHIE,) CroydonThe information is as follows—
Year | No. of Servants Killed. | No. of such Fatal Accidents investigated by Inspecting Officers and Sub-Inspectors of Board of Trade. |
1894 | 473 | 8 |
1895 | 430 | 70 |
1896 | 444 | 95 |
1897 | 501 | 90 |
Total | 1848 | 263 |