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PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
(12 December 2024)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train collisions with people have been reported in each train operating company's network area in the last 12 months; and how many people were involved in such collisions in each area.

Asked by:
Lewis Cocking (Conservative)

Answer

The number of people struck by trains in the last 12 months within each of Network Rail’s regions and routes is set out below. This data shows whether the incident led to a fatality or injury, and if it was classified as a suspected suicide or as non-suicidal. The total number of people struck by trains over this period was 339.

NR Region

Fatalities

Injuries

Suicidal

Non-suicidal

Suicidal

Non-suicidal

Eastern

98

1

11

9

North West and Central

63

3

11

8

Scotland's Railway

16

0

2

1

Southern

47

1

3

6

Wales and Western

50

2

1

6

NR Route

Fatalities

Injuries

Suicidal

Non-suicidal

Suicidal

Non-suicidal

Anglia

29

1

4

1

East Coast

20

0

2

4

East Midlands

18

0

3

4

North & East

31

0

2

0

Central

18

0

5

2

North West

35

3

5

5

West Coast Mainline South

10

0

1

1

Scotland's Railway

16

0

2

1

Kent

12

0

1

3

Sussex

16

0

2

1

Wessex

19

1

0

2

Wales and Borders

11

1

1

2

Western

39

1

0

4


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