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 |