§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list by year for the past five years, and for the current year to date, the locations of passengers who have fallen from passenger trains; and what type of train set was involved.
§ Mr. FreemanThe list gives the locations of fatal accidents, those resulting in serious injuries, and those resulting in minor injuries where this information is available. Details of the types of train are also shown, where available; with numbers representing the class of the stock or locomotive involved. Not all the information is readily available for earlier years. The details given for 1990 and 1991 are provisional.
The following abbreviations are used:
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- EMU = Electric multiple unit
- DMU =Diesel multiple unit
- (SD)=Slam door stock
- LM = London Midland
- W = Western
- S = Southern
- E = Eastern
- Sc = Scottish
- A = Anglia
- HST = High speed train
- LHT = Locomotive hauled train
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Date Location Region Train type 14 July Atherstone London Midland — 28 July Brighton Volks Electric Railway Toastrack Tram 15 July Doncaster/York Eastern 43 HST 6 December Skew Bridge Junction London Midland — 1987 Fatalities 4 January Summit East Tunnel London Midland — 21 February Great Bridgeford London Midland — 22 February Kettering London Midland 47 LHT (SD) 27 February Trent Valley Junction London Midland 304 EMU (SD) 12 April Backwell Western 43 HST (SD) 14 April Highnam Bridge Western — 15 May Wylde Green London Midland — 13 June St. Annes, Bristol Western — 27 July Carpenders Park London Midland — 8 August Wootten Bassett Western 43 HST 8 August Carlisle London Midland 86 LHT (SD) 12 August Micheldever/Basingstoke Southern — 13 August Micheldever/Basingstoke Southern — 19 August Leighton Buzzard London Midland — 19 August Colton Eastern — 20 August Stevenage Eastern — 5 September Chathill Eastern — 6 September Pangbourne/Goring Western — 10 September Winchburgh/Newbridge Scottish — 12 September Streatham Common/Norbury Southern — 21 September Waterloo Southern — 23 October Wolverton/Coseley (3 died) London Midland 304 EMU (SD) 24 October Bentley Eastern — 13 November North Harrow London Midland — 1987 Seriously Injured 21 January Eastfield Scottish 101 DMU (SD) 21 January Stirling North Scottish 101 DMU (SD) 4 February Stafford Station London Midland — 5 February Appleby Station London Midland — 5 March Craigenhill Scottish LHT (SD) 12 April Fareham/Portchester Southern — 6 June Bethnal Green/Wheeler Street Eastern 312 EMU (sliding door) 9 June Treforest Western — 19 July Micheldever Southern — 29 August Balcombe/Three Bridges Southern — 6 September Fratton Southern — 7 September Salisbury Southern — 25 September Sutton Coldfield London Midland — 26 September Lower Sydenham/Catford Southern 415 EMU (SD) 21 November Chorley/Adlington London Midland 116 DMU (SD) 22 November Foxeswood Tunnel, Bristol Western 43 HST 26 November Streatham Common Southern — 1987 Minor Injuries 20 January Bedminster Western — 14 March Micheldever Southern — 1988 Fatalities 25 January Faversham/Teynham Southern 411 EMU (SD) 6 March North York Moors Railway — LHT (SD) 17 March Shifnal London Midland — 16 April Essendine Eastern — 21 May Banbury Lane London Midland — 1 June Horley Southern 423 EMU (SD) 4 June Cock fosters London Underground —Piccadilly Line — 12 July West Drayton Western 43 HST 13 July Inverkeilor Scottish — 15 August Esher/Hampton Court Junction Southern — 26 August Temple Hirst/Hambleton Eastern 43 HST 26 August Linlithgow Scottish — 29 August Hersham/Esher Southern — 2 September Uffington Loop Western 43 HST 13 September Madeley London Midland — 27 October Pluckley/Ashford Southern — 3 November Congleton London Midland — 11 November Elvanfoot Scottish — 9 December Finchdean Southern — 1988 Seriously Injured 292W293W
Date Location Region Train type 29 January Northchurch Tunnel London Midland — 1 March Abington Scottish — 10 March Stockport London Midland 304 EMU (SD) 17 April Winchester Southern 423 EMU (SD) 21 May Swindon Western — 15 June Leagrave/Luton London Midland 319 EMU (sliding door) 7 July Brentwood Anglia 312 EMU (SD) 12 August Litchfield Tunnel Southern 423 EMU (SD) 22 September Swindon Western 43HST 30 October Cradley Heath London Midland — 19 December Cardiff Central/Bridgend Western 43HST 27 December Petts Wood/Orpington Southern 415 EMU (SD) 28 December Linlithgow — — 1988 Minor Injuries 10 January Polmont Scottish — 22 January Kettering Eastern — 21 March Allerton London Midland 304 EMU (SD) 29 March St. Helier Southern 415 EMU (SD) 15 April Church Minshull London Midland LHT (SD) 1989 Fatalities 19 January Selhurst Southern — 27 February Finedon Road London Midland — 4 March Sturry/Grove Ferry Southern 423 EMU (SD) 5 March Wembley Central London Midland — 18 April East/South Croydon Southern 423 EMU (SD) 29 May Forest Hill/Sydenham Southern — 28 July Winwick London Midland — 29 July Esher Southern 423 EMU (SD) 30 August Bruton/Castle Cary Western 43 HST 1 September Scorton London Midland — 4 September Northwood London Underground —Metropolitan Line EMU 5 September Darlington Eastern 143 DMU (power doors) 15 September Gatwick Airport Southern 421 EMU (SD) 17 October Polehill Tunnel Southern 411 EMU(SD) 27 October Severn Tunnel Western 43 HST 8 November Grantshouse Scottish 43 HST 1 December Marks Tey/Witham Anglia 81 LHT (SD) 5 December Chelmsford Anglia 86 LHT (SD) 14 December Penge Tunnel Southern — 1989 Seriously Injured 4 January Stockport London Midland LHT (SD) 27 January Denmark Hill Southern 411 EMU(SD) 4 March Llandudno Junction London Midland — 14 April Crofton Park/Catford Southern 411 EMU (SD) 29 April Vauxhall/Waterloo Southern 423 EMU (SD) 2 May Cardiff Central Station Western 43 HST 3 May Cheshunt Station Anglia 310 EMU (SD) 1 June Woodgrange Park Anglia 302 EMU (SD) 14 June Castle Cary Southern — 10 August Doncaster Eastern 43 HST 1 September Orpington/Petts Wood Southern 415 EMU (SD) 6 September Maida Vale London Underground —Bakerloo Line EMU 7 September Chadwell Heath Anglia — 15 September Craigentinny Depot Scottish — 25 September Newbridge Scottish — 1989 Minor Injuries 13 September Tonbridge Southern 411 EMU (SD) 18 November Branksome Southern — 1990 Fatalities 4 January Hartshill London Midland 87 LHT (SD) 10 January Liphook/Haslemere Southern 412 EMU (SD) 28 February Chatham Southern 412 EMU (SD) 28 February South Wingfield London Midland HST 11 March Oxted Tunnel London Midland LHT (SD) 27 April Wilmslow London Midland 90 LHT (SD) 17 May Weedon London Midland LHT (SD) 31 July Lambrigg/Oxenholme London Midland LHT 9 August Kilburn London Midland 86 LHT 23 August Tamworth Low Level (2 deaths) London Midland — 3 September Armitage London Midland 90 LHT
Date Location Region Train type 29 September Tamworth London Midland 90 LHT 26 October Fletton Eastern 43 HST 5 November Petersfield Southern 421 EMU (SD) 1 December Goring/Streatley Western 43 HST 3 December Carpenders Park London Midland LHT (SD) 18 December Strechford London Midland LHT (SD) 21 December Weedon London Midland 87 LHT (SD) 1990 Seriously Injured 6 February Ladybank Scottish — 24 May North Kent East Junction Southern 416 EMU (SD) 7 June Heaton Park Tunnel London Midland 504 EMU (SD) 14 July Waterloo East Southern 415 EMU (SD) 23 August Lancaster North Junction London Midland 86 LHT (SD) 12 October Chelmsford Station Anglia 312 EMU (SD) 18 October Eden Park Southern 415 EMU (SD) 19 October Bathampton Junction Western 43 HST 5 December Wimbledon Southern EMU (SD) 10 December Wanstead Park Anglia DMU (SD) 1990 Minor Injuries 27 May Knighton/Leicester London Midland — 4 August Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Minature railway Open toastrack 4 October Metropolitan Junction/ Waterloo East Southern 416 EMU (SD) 1991 Fatalities 26 January Canley Anglia LHT (SD) 8 March Deal/Sandwich Southern 411 EMU(SD) 9 March Norwich Trowse Anglia — 28 March Sole Street Southern 413 EMU (SD) 6 April Hampton in Arden London Midland 86 LHT (SD) 12 April Marshfield Western 43 HST 20 April Brookwood/Woking Southern 421 EMU (SD) 27 April Potters Bar Eastern 43 HST 28 April Hartshill/Atherstone London Midland 87 LHT (SD) 1991 Seriously Injured 19 January Barking Anglia 305 EMU (SD) 9 March Preston London Midland LHT (SD)