§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were killed in train crashes(a) in Britain and (b) on Network SouthEast lines for each year from 1975.
§ Mr. FreemanThe numbers of deaths resulting from all train accidents in Britain for each year from 1975 are as follows:
Year Fatalies 1975 57 1976 18 1977 12 1978 22 1979 20 1980 7 1981 7 1982 11 1983 10 1984 30 1985 6 1986 27 1987 10 1988 40 1989 18 1990 4 19911 3 1991–92 11 1992–93 5 1 From 1991 onwards the figures shown are for the period 1 April to 31 March covering the financial year. The statistics shown for the first quarter 1991 allow for this adjustment. These figures for fatalities include accidents to railway staff and contractors, passengers and other persons.
The figures have been obtained from the Health and Safety Executive's HM railway inspectorate's annual report on the railway safety of Great Britain, copies of which have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Figures for Network SouthEast lines are not available.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the total number of train crashes(a) in Britain or (b) on Network SouthEast lines for each year from 1975.
§ Mr. FreemanThe numbers of train accidents, which include all accidents to trains and rolling stock, for each year from 1975 are as follows:
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Year Total train accidents 1975 1,310 1976 1,122 1977 1,056 1978 1,044 1979 1,035 1980 930 1981 1,014 1982 998 1983 1,255 1984 1,359 1985 1,240 1986 1,171 1987 1,165 1988 1,330 1989 1,434 1990 1,283 19911 242 1991–92 960 1992–93 1,152 1 From 1991 onwards the figures shown are from 1 April to 31 March covering the financial year. The statistics shown for the first quarter 1991 allow for this adjustment. The figures have been obtained from the Health and Safety Executive's HM railway inspectorate's annual report on the railway safety of Great Britain, copies of which have been placed in the Library.
Separate figures for Network SouthEast lines are not available.
§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were injured in train crashes(a) in Britain and (b) on Network SouthEast lines for each year from 1975.
§ Mr. FreemanThe total numbers of injuries resulting from train accidents for each year from 1975 are as follows:
Year Major Minor 1975 62 384 1976 14 276 1977 20 288 1978 14 219 1979 26 396 1980 38 409 1981 21 174 1982 18 246 1983 21 197 1984 42 433 1985 53 327 1986 77 433 1987 25 371 1988 84 621 1989 58 346 1990 22 221 19911 38 531 1991–92 30 361 1992–93 13 140 1 From 1991 onwards, the figures shown are for the period 1 April to 31 March covering the financial year. The statistics shown for the first quarter 1991 allow for this adjustment. These figures are high due to the Cannon Street accident which occurred on 8 January 1991. These figures for major and minor injuries include accidents to railway staff and contractors, passengers and other persons.
The figures have been obtained from the Health and Safety Executive's Her Majesty's railway inspectorate's annual report on the railway safety of Great Britain, copies of which have been placed in the House of Commons Library.
Figures for Network SouthEast are not available.