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.
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 |