Written question asked by Paul Marsden (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 11 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2003. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Thursday, 20 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many derailments there were in each month of the last year. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Paul Marsden: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many derailments there were in each month of the last year. [138827] Mr. McNulty: The Health and Safety Executive's Railway Inspectorate reports that there were 67 derailments on all railways during the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2003, which is reduction of 24 per cent. compared to the 2001-02 figure of 88. Of the 67, 42 occurred on Network Rail, four on London Underground, and 21 on tramways, metros or heritage railways. Two derailments resulted in fatalities and four resulted in minor injuries. A breakdown of the 67 derailments by month appears in the following table: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Month Network Rail LUL Other Total April 2002 4 -- 1 5 May 4 -- 2 6 June 4 -- 2 6 July 2 -- 5 7 August 1 1 5 7 September 5 -- 1 6 October 2 -- 1 3 November 7 -- 2 9 December 1 -- 1 2 January 2 2 -- 4 February 5 -- -- 5 March 5 1 1 7 Total 42 4 21 67 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

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