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Ms Glenda Jackson
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the number of derailments involving (a) passenger trains and (b) freight trains occurring in each year since 1990 to date. [34901]
Mr. Watts
The Health and Safety Executive's railway inspectorate maintains records of accidents and incidents, details of which are contained in the annual report on railway safety. Copies are placed in the House of Commons Library.The table shows the number of derailments for passenger and freight trains.Figures for 1994–95 are expected to be published this December.
| Derailments 1990 to 1993–94 | ||||||
| 1990 | 1991 | 1991–92 | 1992–93 | 1993–94 | Total | |
| Passenger trains | 26 | 3 | 23 | 30 | 29 | 111 |
| Freight trains | 157 | 43 | 121 | 175 | 84 | 580 |
| Total | 183 | 46 | 144 | 205 | 113 | 691 |
| The figures for 1991 cover the period 1 January 1991 to 31 March 1991 only. | ||||||