HC Deb 15 June 1966 vol 729 cc287-8W
Mr. Peter Walker

asked 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.

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 Morris

The 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.