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Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

Answer

Mr. Jenkin: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions (1) how many accidents there have been on London Underground in each of (a) the last 10 years and (b) the past 12 months including in each instance the number of (i) fatalities, (ii) major injuries and (iii) minor injuries to passengers and staff; [157468] (2) how many accidents have been caused on London Underground in each of (a) the last 10 years and (b) the past 12 months by train movements, including in each instance the number of (i) fatalities, (ii) major injuries and (iii) minor injuries to passengers and staff. [157469] Mr. Hill: [holding answer 9 April 2001]: London Underground (LUL) have provided the following information relating to all accidents. They inform me that to highlight those accidents which are the result of train movements could be done only at disproportionate cost. London Underground publish information on passenger and employee fatalities and passenger major injuries in their Annual Reports each year. The following table summarises this information for the period requested, although LUL informs me that the figures may differ slightly from the Annual Reports as some revisions have been made to reflect information which was not available at the time of the Reports. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Passenger fatality Employee fatality Passenger major injury 1990-91 8 5 161 1991-92 7 2 44 1992-93 5 0 55 1993-94 5 0 50 1994-95 6 1 57 1995-96 4 0 86 1996-97 7 0 95 1997-98 4 0 108 1998-99 1 1 123 1999-2000 6 0 106 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The information contained in the following tables covers the additional categories relating to Employee and Passenger injuries. As London Underground's current databases do not extend back prior to 1994, they inform me that to provide information before this date would incur excessive costs. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Employee major injury Employee minor injury Passenger minor injury 1994-95 30 2,063 2,047 1995-96 32 2,096 2,000 1996-97 23 1,985 2,344 1997-98 29 1,659 2,409 1998-99 25 1,653 2,468 1999-2000 33 1,602 2,503 2000-01{1} 13 993 2,170 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Figures for 2000-01 are only up to end of Quarter 3 (6 January 2001) and are provisional Finally the following table sets out the figures broken down monthly for year 2000. Year 2000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Fatality Major injury Minor injury Passenger January 0 4 183 February 1 12 185 March 0 9 220 April 1 12 215 May 2 8 268 June 0 14 258 July 0 10 257 August 1 12 246 September 0 11 260 October 1 16 234 November 1 6 221 December 1 12 211 Employee January 0 3 117 February 0 4 99 March 0 3 125 April 0 0 104 May 0 3 105 June 0 6 132 July 0 2 105 August 0 0 130 September 0 0 121 October 0 2 100 November 0 0 90 December 0 0 106 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

367 c740-1W; 157468;157469

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Death Accidents Injuries Passengers Staff London Underground Underground railways

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