§ Ms DrownTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many injuries(a) per million passenger journeys and (b) per million train journeys there have been in each of the last 10 years. [94777]
§ Mr. HillInformation about the numbers of casualties per train journey is not available. Information about numbers of casualties per passenger journey and per passenger kilometre on all railway undertakings in Great Britain is as follows:
Railway movement accidents1: passenger casualty rates Casualties2 per million passenger journeys Casualties2 per million passenger kilometres 1989 1.85 0.076 1990 1.73 0.072 1991–92 1.61 0.068 1992–93 1.59 0.066 1993–94 1.52 0.064 1994–95 1.54 0.069 1995–96 1.81 0.080 1996–972 0.46 0.019 1997–98 0.47 0.020 1998–99 0.40 0.018 1 Train accidents, or accidents due to the movement of railway vehicles (eg passengers entering or alighting from trains). Accidents not connected with the movement of railway vehicles, and casualties connected with trespass and suicide, are excluded. 2 Until 1996 all accidents to passengers were required to be reported however slight their injuries. Under the Accident Reporting Regulations 1995, which came into effect on 1 April 1996, non-fatal injuries are only reported if the passenger is taken to hospital. Figures since 1996–97 are therefore not comparable with those for earlier years.