Rail Staff (Deaths) (Hansard, 9 February 1993)

HC Deb 09 February 1993 vol 218 cc582-3W 582W

§ Mr. Peter Bottomley
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the numbers and circumstances of deaths at work of rail staff over the past five years.

§ Mr. McLoughlin
I have been asked to reply.
The numbers of fatal accidents to railway and contractors staff for each year since 1987 is as follows:

Year Number

1987 16

1988 16

1989 18

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Year Number

1990 22

¹1991–92 17

¹ This report covers a 15-month period 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1992.

Details of the circumstances of the deaths are given in the annual reports on railway safety in Great Britain for each year. Copies are available in the House Library.

Year	Number
1990	22
¹1991–92	17
¹ This report covers a 15-month period 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1992.