Railways: Bridges
(asked on 10th November 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway bridge crashes have taken place in each of the last ten years.
The Office of Rail and Road publish the number of bridge strikes on the mainline and London Underground in Great Britain (table 5240 here: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/health-and-safety/rail-safety/table-5240-road-rail-interface-bridge-strikes/).
The number of railway bridge strikes each year on the whole network (mainline and London Underground) since 2010/2011 is:
Year | Total railway bridge strikes (mainline and London Underground) |
2010/11 | 1,740 |
2011/12 | 1,658 |
2012/13 | 1,625 |
2013/14 | 1,664 |
2014/15 | 1,698 |
2015/16 | 1,621 |
2016/17 | 1,675 |
2017/18 | 1,927 |
2018/19 | 1,976 |
2019/20 | 1,743 |