Railway Accidents (Hansard, 6 February 1958)

§ Mr. Goodhart

asked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation (1) how many railway accidents occurred in Great

ACCIDENTS TO TRAINS CAUSING DEATH OR INJURY
Cause of accident	1952	1953	1954	1955		1956	1957
Train crews:
Passing signals at danger	11	(2)	12	(1)	10	(1)	11	(1)	6		6	(2)
Other want of care	64		58	(1)	85		74	(5)	77	(2)	67
Signalmen:
Irregular block working	8		2		3		5	(1)	6	(1)	5
Other want of care	7		11		5		5		8		6	(1)
Other operating staff	15	(1)	22	(3)	15		26	(2)	21	(1)	12	(1)
Train crews and/or signalmen and/or other staff	30	(3)	17	(2)	11		15	(1)	12		20	(1)
Faulty loading	1		1	(1)	1		1		—	1
Technical defects	24	(1)	22	(1)	10		12		7	(1)	11	(2)
Snow, landslides, floods	—	—	3		—	1	(1)	1
Misconduct of the public	64	(12)	62	(10)	59	(10)	58	(9)	66	(10)	50	(11)
Total	224	(19)	207	(19)	202	(11)	207	(19)	204	(16)	179	(18)

NUMBER OF TRAIN ACCIDENTS RESULTING IN DEATH OR INJURY, DUE TO PASSING SIGNALS AT DANGER, BY REGIONS OF BRITISH RAILWAYS
Region	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956	1957
Western	…	…	1		2		—	2		1		—
Eastern	…	…	1		2		1		3		—	2	(1)
London Midland	…	…	3	(1)	3		3	(1)	3	(1)	2		—
North Eastern	…	…	3	(1)	3	(1)	1		—	2		—
Southern	…	…	2		1		2		3		1		3	(1)
Scottish	…	…	1		1		3		—	—	1
Total	…	…	11	(2)	12	(1)	10	(1)	11	(1)	6		6	(2)
NOTES:
1. Figures in () show number of accidents with fatal results.
2. Figures for 1957 are provisional.

210W

Britain, during each year since 1952, involving human injury and death; what was the cause of each; and how many were caused by passing signals set at danger;

(2) how many railway accidents, involving human injury and death and caused by passing signals set at danger, have occurred in each of the regions of British Railways since 1952.