Railways: Death
(asked on 10th May 2016) - View Source
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.
This question was answered on 12th May 2016
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 |