Julian Knight – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Julian Knight on 2016-03-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the safety of railways in the UK and other European countries.

Claire Perry

The United Kingdom currently has the safest record of any major railway network in Europe. All European Union Member States collect statistics about their safety performance including, for example, accidents and consequences, accident precursors and technical information. This material is collated by the European Railway Agency in its Annual Safety Performance Reports which are published at www.era.europa.eu/Core-Activities/Safety/Safety-Performance/Pages/Safety-Performance-Report.aspx.

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