§ Mr. Ioan L. Evansasked the Minister of Transport if he will publish in HANSARD a table showing the number of deaths in railway accidents in each year since nationalisation, and relating these figures to the total number of passengers carried.
§ Mr. Tom FraserThe following table covers the period up to and including104W 1963, the last year for which full figures are available.
Passenger Journeys on British and London Transport railways Passenger Fatalities Year Millions In Train Accidents In other accidents involving Trains Total 1948 1,646 39 48 87 1949 1,634 Nil 44 44 1950 1,613 11 49 60 1951 1,624 43 54 97 1952 1,687 111 49 160 1953 1,687 22 44 66 1954 1,691 Nil 40 40 1955 1,670 40 49 89 1956 1,707 Nil 49 49 1957 1,767 92 46 138 1958 1,782 18 33 51 1959 1,738 1 34 35 1960 1,711 6 37 43 1961 1,700 9 37 46 1962 1,633 20 35 55 1963 1,611 1 33 34