Asked by: Ronnie Campbell (Labour - Blyth Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fatalities have occurred on the railway network in Great Britain since 2014.
Answered by Claire Perry
Rail is a safe mode of travel and the frequency of train accidents involving passenger or workforce fatalities in the UK is at its lowest ever level with 2015-16 being the ninth year in succession without any such fatalities.
The following non-crash related fatalities have occurred on the rail network since 2014:
| 2014/15 | 2015/16 (provisional) |
Passengers | 3 | 6 |
Workforce | 3 | 0 |
Public (non-trespass) | 12 | 8 |
Public (trespass) | 25 | 30 |
Suicide | 289 | 252 |
Total | 332 | 296 |