§ Ms PerhamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many railway passenger fatalities there were in each EU member state in the last 10 years. [105189]
§ Mr. HillInformation about railway passenger fatalities is published by the European Commission in "Transport in Figures". The latest readily available information is as follows:
Number of passenger fatalities Persons killed in accidents involving railways 1990 1995 1996 Belgium 0 3 6 Denmark 1 0 0 Germany 50 34 35 Greece 0 3 0 Spain 4 0 0 France 30 22 14 Ireland 1 0 0 Italy 9 4 1 Luxembourg 0 0 0 Netherlands 2 0 1 Austria 6 7 3 Portugal 22 12 10 Finland 0 1 3 Sweden 3 2 0 Great Britain1 37 10 17 1 Described as UK in 'Transport in Figures' Source:
UIC (GB from national statistics)
These statistics are not necessarily based on common definitions and there is thus uncertainty about their comparability. The GB figures cover accidents on National Rail, London Underground and other urban railways, and included all passenger fatalities, both on trains and railway premises.