§ Mr. Damian Green:To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities have resulted from crimes on (a) railways and (b) buses in each year since 1997, broken down by type of crime. [175463]
§ Mr. McNulty:The British Transport Police (BTP) have provided the following information on fatalities which have resulted from crimes recorded on the railways since 1999; information is not readily available for earlier than 1999.
Offence Fatalities 1999 Murder 3 Manslaughter 3 2000 Murder 3 Manslaughter 2 Death by dangerous driving 1 2001 Murder 2 Manslaughter 2 2002 Murder 4 Manslaughter 3 2003 Murder 0 Manslaughter 13 20042 Murder 2 Manslaughter 5 1 In addition the 43 fatalities from Potleis Bar, Ladbroke Grove and Hatfield were recorded in this year 2 January to March. No data are held centrally on the number of fatalities resulting from crimes on buses broken down by type of crime.