Speeches

Jacob Rees-Mogg – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jacob Rees-Mogg on 2016-01-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents have occurred on trains involving slam doors in each of the last five years.

Claire Perry

The number of passenger accidents over the years 2011 to 2015 that involved slam-door stock, broken down by injury degree, is set out in the table below:-

Degree of Injury

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

Major

0

0

0

0

1

Minor

19

17

10

15

20

Shock/trauma

0

0

0

1

0

Total accidents

19

17

10

16

21