§ Mr. Peter Walkerasked the Minister of Transport if she will list in the OFFICIAL REPORT, year by year
TABLE 1 CASUALTIES IN ALL CLASSES OF RAILWAY ACCIDENTS Killed Injured Year Passengers Railway Servants Other Persons† Total Passengers Railway Servants Other Persons† Total 1946 … 126 268 72 466 8,251 22,779 682 31,712 1947 … 154 243 50 447 8,442 20,985 686 30,113 1948 … 92 206 69 367 8,075 20,930 696 29,701 1949 … 51 209 61 321 8,627 20,057 627 29,311 1950 … 63 204 49 316 8,351 18,096 569 27,016 1951 … 104 172 31 307 8,160 17,563 490 26,213 1952 … 163 200 52 415 8,297 17,267 550 26,114 1953 … 72 203 72 347 7,908 16,708 512 25,128 1954 … 44 164 43 251 7,859 16,196 511 24,557 1955 … 93 179 47 319 7,748 15,460 472 23,680 1956 … 50 171 44 265 8,005 15,519 539 24,063 1957 … 139 176 36 351 8,480 15,538 496 24,514 1958 … 53 130 34 217 9,041 14,510 480 24,031 1959 … 35 161 35 231 8,044 14,408 425 22,877 1960 … 44 145 37 226 7,649 14,328 401 22,378 1961 … 50 167 45 262 7,721 14,066 454 22,241 1962 … 57 118 29 204 6,525 12,021 402 18,949 1963 … 39 116 37 192 5,607 11,730 328 17,665 1964 … 45 96 26 167 5,269 10,968 330 16,567 1965* … 28 103 32 163 5,411 9,734 312 15,457 * 1965 figures are provisional. † Members of The general public or persons having business on railway premises. 288W
TABLE 2 CASUALTIES IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS Killed Injured Year Passengers Railway Servants Other Persons† Total Passengers Railway Servants Other Persons† Total 1946 … 34 9 17 60 530 86 60 676 1947 … 93 8 20 121 1,148 118 62 1,328 1948 … 39 14 21 74 603 100 46 749 1949 … — 6 6 12 559 93 44 696 1950 … 11 8 21 40 448 83 40 571 1951 … 43 4 8 55 764 148 39 951 1952 … 111 9 13 133 1,150 113 39 1,302 1953 … 22 7 19 48 475 91 42 608 1954 … — 1 14 15 486 85 43 614 1955 … 40 8 11 59 759 91 66 916 1956 … — 3 15 18 474 78 38 590 1957 … 92 4 16 112 833 99 30 962 1958 … 18 5 13 36 1,004 118 47 1,169 1959 … 1 8 7 16 747 55 43 845 1960 … 6 6 18 30 745 86 49 880 1961 … 9 10 23 42 742 110 59 911 1962 … 20 2 11 33 650 76 60 786 1963 … 1 12 15 28 500 105 45 650 1964 … 5 9 16 30 244 40 57 341 1965* … 2 5 12 19 344 80 52 476 * 1965 figures are provisional. † Members of the general public or persons having business on railway premises. since the war the number of people killed in accidents on the railways, and the number of people who were injured in accidents on the railways.
§ Mr. John MorrisThe number of people killed and injured in all classes of accidents on the railways year by year since 1946 is given in Table 1. Trespassers, Suicides and Attempted Suicides are excluded. Table 2 summarises the number of casualties in train accidents only.