HC Deb 03 December 1997 vol 302 cc224-5W
Mrs. Dunwoody

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each of the last 10 years, by incident, the number of passengers and crew killed in accidents involving(a) the rail network, (b) UK registered aircraft or aircraft within

Passenger and staff/crew fatalities in transport accidents1
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996
Railways2 4 36 12 1 6 1 0 8 2 1
UK registered aircraft or aircraft in UK airspace3 62 278 76 45 23 40 27 38 30 43
UK registered passenger ferries or passenger ferries in UK waters 190 40 40 0 0 2 0 0 0 0
River craft operating in the UK5 6— 3 51 6— 2 2 1 1 3 4
1 As far as possible the fatalities included in the table are those due to an aircraft, train or vessel accident, for example a collision. Fatalities due to the movement of a vehicle etc, for example due to the opening or closing of a carriage door at a railway station, are excluded.
2 For railways, figures for 1991 are for the period January 1991 to March 1992. Those for the subsequent periods shown relate to financial years. Railways includes all railway undertakings in Great Britain.
3 Figures cover both public transport flights and general aviation (executive, club and group, private and training flights). Most fatalities occur in this latter group.
4 There were in addition six fatalities in 1988 and two in 1989 involving a United Kingdom registered merchant vessel. Available records do not indicate whether the vessels were ferries.
5 Accidents reported to British Waterways.
6 Not available.