§ 15. Mr. Sparksasked the Minister of War Transport the number of accidents.
§ Statement showing number of accidents, fatal and otherwise, to members of the public whilst travelling on railways in Great Britain, together with number of passenger journeys and passenger-miles (millions) per casualty, and number of passenger train-miles run for the years 1938 to 1944 and for the first 10 months of 1945.
§ (NOTE:—Only serious injuries were reported by the Companies after 1st September, 1939; the figures for injuries, therefore, before and after this date are not comparable).
| Year | Train Accidents. | Movement Accidents.* | Passenger journeys originating, including season ticket holders. | Passenger journeys (millions) per casualty. Train and Movement Accidents. | Passenger Train Miles. | Estimated Passenger Miles. | Passenger-Miles (millions) per casualty. | ||||
| Killed. | Injured | Killed. | Injured | Millions. | Killed. | Injured. | Millions. | Millions. | Killed. | Injured. | |
| 1938 | 11 | 533 | 58 | 4,990 | 1,729 | 25 | 0.3 | 319 | 21,192 | 307 | 4 |
| 1939 | 9 | 795 | 78 | 3,328 | 1,575 | 18 | 0.4 | 287 | not available | ||
| 1940 | 40 | 46 | 100 | 209 | 1,332 | 10 | 5 | 227 | |||
| 1941 | 50 | 62 | 104 | 209 | 1,369 | 9 | 5 | 227 | |||
| 1942 | 27 | 38 | 113 | 253 | 1,652 | 12 | 6 | 229 | |||
| !943 | 4 | 6 | 145 | 255 | 1,824 | 12 | 7 | 230 | 34,767 | 233 | 133 |
| 1944 | 12 | 33 | 119 | 215 | 1,854 | 14 | 7 | 227 | 34,592 | 264 | 139 |
| 1st Jan. to 31st October, 1945 (Provisional figures). | 46† | 116† | 48 | 97 | 1,631 | 2 | 8 | 202 | not available | ||
| *Movement accidents arc caused by, or connected with, the movement of railway vehicles, exclusive of train accidents. | |||||||||||
| †Includes Bourne End derailment, 30.9.45. |