Railways: Accidents

(asked on 28th January 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents have occurred on trains involving slam doors in each of the last five years.


Answered by
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Claire Perry
This question was answered on 5th February 2016

The number of passenger accidents over the years 2011 to 2015 that involved slam-door stock, broken down by injury degree, is set out in the table below:-

Degree of Injury

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Major

0

0

0

0

1

Minor

19

17

10

15

20

Shock/trauma

0

0

0

1

0

Total accidents

19

17

10

16

21

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