§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consider establishing an independent inquiry to look into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of passengers falling from trains.
§ Mr. McLoughlinAccidents involving deaths are fully investigated by railway operators and the appropriate coroner. The Health and Safety Executive's railway inspectorate would investigate as a matter of course if there were any evidence that accepted standards of safety had not been maintained.
§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many incidents of passengers falling from moving trains there were in each of the last five years; how many died from the fall; and how many were seriously injured.
§ Mr. McLoughlinThe information is as follows:
Year Fatal Major Injury Minor Injury Total 1985 16 8 42 66 1986 12 15 34 61 1987 26 16 28 70 1988 19 13 32 64 1989 19 16 12 47