§ MR. MADDISON (Burnley)To ask the President of the Board of Trade whether he will state the number of fatal and non-fatal accidents caused by the coupling and uncoupling of vehicles on the railways of the United Kingdom 1649 during each of the months of 1905 and 1906.
| Number of Servants of Railway Companies killed and injured whilst engaged in coupling and uncoupling operations in each month of the years 1905 and 1906. | ||||
| Month. | 1905. | 1906. | ||
| Killed. | Injured. | Killed. | Injured. | |
| January | — | 37 | 1 | 38 |
| February | 3 | 44 | — | 50 |
| March | 1 | 66 | — | 53 |
| April | — | 33 | — | 43 |
| May | 2 | 46 | 1 | 49 |
| June | 1 | 38 | 1 | 39 |
| July | 2 | 40 | 1 | 46 |
| August | — | 36 | — | 38 |
| September | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 |
| October | — | 41 | 1 | 60 |
| November | — | 48 | 3 | 50 |
| December | 2 | 44 | — | 56 |
| Total | 12 | 523 | 9 | 572 |