Level Crossings: Accidents
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) serious and (b) fatal incidents have occurred at level crossings in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood
The number of fatalities and serious injuries at level crossings in Great Britain in each of the last five years is set out in the table below. This covers each reporting year and available data from April 2020 to March 2025.
| Person type | 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/2025 |
Fatalities (excluding suicide) | Pedestrian | 7 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
Road Vehicle Occupant | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
Train Occupant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Total | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | |
Serious injuries | Pedestrian | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
Road Vehicle Occupant | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
Train Occupant | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 5 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 |
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