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Railways: Casualties

Asked by Andrew RosindellReform UKDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 28 November 2025UIN 93673

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many casualties there have been on railways in every year since 2010 in a) England and b) the parliamentary constituency of Romford.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The Department does not hold the data for this period in the format requested. However, there have been 4,851 fatalities on the railways in Great Britain since 2010, including suicides and suspected suicides, of which 24 occurred in the constituency of Romford.

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