HC Deb 04 February 1954 vol 523 c78W
Mr. Ernest Davies

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation the number of fatalities arising from accidents in which passenger trains were involved on British Railways; and the percentage to passenger journeys and train miles run, respectively, for each of the years 1948 to 1953.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The figures in the Table below covering the years 1948 to 1952 are extracted from the Annual Reports of the Chief Inspecting Officer of Railways. The figures for 1953 are not yet available.