Written question asked by Bob Spink (Conservative) on Tuesday, 23 October 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 29 October 2007. It was answered by Tom Harris (Labour) on Monday, 29 October 2007 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Level Crossings: Death

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were killed at (a) pedestrian and (b) vehicular rail level crossings in each of the last three years.

Answer

The information requested is shown in the table as follows:

Level crossing fatalities 2004-06¹ (excluding suicides and trespassers)
	(a) Pedestrian crossings	(b) Vehicular crossings	Total
2004	2	15	17
2005	1	13	14
2006²	4	4	8
¹ Rail safety statistics are published on a calendar year basis.
² Data is provisional because Coroner's Inquests into incidents involving level crossings have yet to be concluded.

Secondary information