Railways: Suicide
(asked on 6th July 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people took their own life on the rail network in (a) 2015-16 and (b) 2016-17.
This question was answered on 11th July 2017
There were a total of 252 suicides on the national rail network in 2015-16.
The figure for 2016-17 has not been released, and is due to be published on 12 July 2017.
This figure does not include suicides on London Underground or light rail and tram networks. Figures for these networks are published at the following link: http://www.orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/statistical-releases.