HC Deb 26 November 2002 vol 395 cc184-5W
Mr. McNamara

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of each of Her Majesty's armed forces have died through(a) combat or civil disturbance related incidents,(b) natural causes,(c) road traffic accidents and(d) accidental, self- inflicted and other causes in(i) Great Britain, (ii) Northern Ireland, (iii) Germany and (iv) other overseas postings in each year since 1990. [80682]

Dr. Moonie

Between 1 January 1990 and 31 December 2001, 2,481 serving members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces have died. 110 as a result of hostile action and assault; 326 with suicide or open verdicts, 777 due to natural causes; 762 deaths due to road traffic accidents; and 506 due to all other causes (including outstanding coroners verdicts).

Ireland; 276 have died in Germany; and 393 have died in all other overseas postings. These figures are shown in the table.

Regular Armed Forces deaths by location since 1 January 1990
Year of Death
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Grand Total
Northern Ireland Army 15 14 18 13 6 11 4 5 3 1 5 5 100
Navy 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
RAF 0 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 9
Germany (BAOR) Army 39 44 37 21 25 15 14 8 10 9 7 10 239
Navy 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
RAF 9 4 5 2 4 3 2 1 0 2 1 36
Other overseas postings Army 29 50 25 15 29 22 18 14 23 14 17 13 269
Navy 5 5 4 11 3 3 2 5 6 6 5 2 57
RAF 3 12 6 5 8 11 4 4 6 2 1 5 67
Grand Total 320 311 267 241 219 207 146 165 165 143 153 144 2481