HC Deb 17 March 1993 vol 221 cc297-8W
Mr. Hinchliffe

To ask the Secretary of State for Employment how many deaths and serious injuries have resulted from electrical arcing from overhead railway cables in the United Kingdom in the last five years.

Mr. Freeman

I have been asked to reply.

The numbers of deaths and serious injuries resulting from contact with overhead line equipment is as follows:

Fatalities Serious injuries
Staff
1991–921 1 1
1990 — 3
1989 — 3
1988 1 —
1987 2 3
Trespassers
1991–922 1 14
1990 5 14
1989 7 10
1988 2 8
1987 4 10
Totals 23 66
1Covers period 1 April 1991 to 31 March 1992. Details for 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1991 have not been published.
2Covers period 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1992.