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Railway Deaths (Defective Doors)

Volume 357: debated on Tuesday 28 November 2000

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To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many passenger deaths on British railways due to defective doors there were in each of the last 20 years. [140480]

[holding answer 27 November 2000]: Records are not kept on the number of passenger deaths resulting from defective doors. Figures are, however, kept on the number of passenger deaths resulting from falling from train doors. The table shows this information in the last 20 years. The numbers have reduced over recent years from a high of 26 in 1987 to two recorded during 1999–2000. It is not possible to say how many of these would have been as a result of defective doors.

Passenger fatalities falling from train doors 1980 to 1999–20001
YearNumber
198014
198116
198211
198313
198414
198516
198612
198726
198819
198919
199019
1991–9219
1992–939
1993–948
1994–956
1995–963
1996–972
1997–982
1998–995
1999–20002
1 28 November 2000

Note:

In 1993 the HSE Slam Door Report was published