§ Mr. Nigel JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions if he will list for each year since 1979 for which figures are available the number of maintenance staff who were(a) killed and (b) injured on the railway network. [100058]
§ Mr. HillThe information is not available in the detail requested, although there are statistics on the total number of railway staff killed and injured in the period in question, as set out in the table. "Railway staff" includes all rail workers (drivers, station staff etc.) as well as maintenance staff.
Casualties to all railway staff in the last 20 years Year Fatalities Major injuries Minor injuries 1979 43 16,122 1980 32 611 4,591 1981 27 192 4,591 1982 27 137 3,816 1983 28 161 3,010 1984 25 127 2,544 1985 25 166 2,551 1986 16 175 2,733 1987 16 238 2,672 1988 16 273 3,022 1989 18 277 2,858 1990 22 306 3,051 1991–92 17 278 3,226 1992–93 11 284 3,348 1993–94 8 262 3,590 1994–95 9 252 3,411 1995–96 5 225 4,144 1996–97 2 310 1,842 1997–98 3 351 2,088 1998–99 4 376 2,070 1 Major and minor injuries combined in 1979