§ Captain Kerbyasked the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation if he will give comparative figures, with especial reference to fatal injuries, of the accident rate on British Railways during the period since nationalisation and during a similar period before nationalisation; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. WatkinsonThe figures in the table below have been extracted from the Annual Reports of the Chief Inspect
Year Collisions and derailment of passenger trains (excluding "open door" collisions) Passengers killed in accidents included in column 2 Remarks 1931 … … 200 8 1932 … … 165 4 1933 … … 191 5 1934 … … 189 17 1935 … … 168 13 1936 … … 223 2 1937 … … 245 49 Castle Cary, 35 killed 1938 … … 180 11 1939–45 … … Reporting curtailed in war years 1946 … … 260 34 Lichfield 20 killed Browney, 10 killed 1947 … … 272 921 Goswick, 28 killed Doncaster, 18 killed South Croydon, 32 killed 2,093 235 1948 … … 191 38 Winsford, 24 killed 1949 … … 229 — 1950 … … 185 6 1951 … … 232 43 Doncaster, 14 killed Weedon, 14 killed 1952 … … 198 109 Harrow, 108 killed 1953 … … 198 22 Stratford, 12 killed 1954 … … 192 — Sutton Coldfield, 17 killed 1955 … … 177 40 Milton, 11 killed Barnes, 11 killed 1956 … … 191 — 1957 … … 159 (provisional) 91 Lewisham, 89 killed 1,952 349 The railways were nationalised on 1st January, 1948.