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Sir George Young, Transport Secretary, today welcomed the Railway Inspectorate's annual report which showed that the number of significant train accidents on the Railtrack network fell by 8 to 110 in 1994/95.
Welcoming the report, Sir George said:
"This is good news. It shows how safe the newly restructured network is. Railways are the safest means of surface transport and serious trains accidents are relatively rare. Railtrack has a robust safety management system endorsed and regularly monitored by HSE. I am delighted that they have today confirmed that standards of safety on the railway remain as high as ever."
Other statistics from the report include:
*total fatalities on the British Rail/Railtrack network in 1994/95 fell to their lowest ever level.
*Number of incidents of signals passed at danger reduced by 75 from 905 to 830.
*Number of BR trains running into buffers decreased from 31 to 21.
*The number of people killed falling from train doors was the lowest ever recorded at five compared with eight last year.
NOTES TO EDITORS
1. Total fatalities on the BR/Railtrack network excluding trespassers and suicides were at 32 in 1994/95.
Railnews Archive ::: 1995-12-05 DoT-002
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