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Chris Mole:
Accidents and incidents on the railways are reported to the independent Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and
Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR 95). Under these regulations, the geographical location of the accident/ incident is recorded. There is no further breakdown of location into a sub-category, e.g. station, signal box, on the line. Therefore, the breakdown of the data for accidents that have not occurred at stations and the cause of each accident could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
However, the number of fatal injuries and non fatal injuries for the period 1999 to 2008 for all railway employees, including contractors, and passengers that have occurred on railway infrastructure can be provided and is shown in Tables 1 and 2. The data for railway employees have been broken down into train drivers, conductors and other train crew and other railway employees.
| Table 1: Fatal injuries, passengers and railway employees 1999 to 2008, all railways | |||||
| Passengers | Train drivers | Conductors and other train crew | Other railway employees | Total | |
| Table 2: Non-fatal injuries, passengers and railway employees 1999 to 2008, all railways | |||||
| Passengers | Train drivers | Conductors and other train crew | Other railway employees | Total | |
Mr. Hands: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) fatalities, (b) injuries and (c) incidents of damage to property on the railways have been recorded in each of the last five years; and what cause was attributed to each incident. [323729]
Chris Mole: The number of fatalities and injuries on the railways for the period 2004-08 is shown in Tables 1 and 2. The information is based on accidents notified to the independent Office of Rail Regulation under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995 (RIDDOR 95).
| Table 1: Fatal injuries, 2004-08 | |||||
| Number | |||||
| Category | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| (1) Includes contractors. | |||||
| Table 2: Non-fatal injuries, 2004-08 | |||||
| Number | |||||
| Category | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| (1) Includes contractors. | |||||
The number of incidents of damage to property is neither reported or held by the independent Office of Rail Regulation.
Mr. Hands: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the last 100 railway incidents reported to the Office of Rail Regulation, Her Majesty's Railway Inspectorate and the Health and Safety Executive were in each constituent part of the UK. [323733]
Chris Mole: In line with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics, the independent Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is unable to provide information on the last 100 incidents reported to them.
Statements of how ORR is following the code can be found on its website at:
Mr. Hands: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) individuals, (b) firms, (c) companies and (d) other organisations have been prosecuted for breaches of (i) health and safety and (ii) other legislation in respect of railway incidents in each year since its inception. [323734]
Chris Mole: Since its inception as the independent safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways on 1 April 2006, the independent Office of Rail Regulation has brought 20 successful prosecutions for breaches of health and safety legislation in respect of railway incidents. Details of these prosecutions can be found on the independent Office of Rail Regulation's website at:
The independent Office of Rail Regulation has not brought any prosecutions for breaches of other legislation.
Details of prosecutions taken by the Health and Safety Executive prior to 2006 can be found in the Health and Safety Executive annual reports on railway safety, copies of which are available from the Libraries of the House.
Railways: Fares
Miss McIntosh: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent progress has been made on the provision of through tickets; and if he will make a statement. [323600]
Chris Mole: Each train operator's passenger licence requires them to be a party to, and comply with, arrangements for through tickets approved by the Secretary of State.
The arrangements are contained in an inter-operator agreement called the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement and ensure that through tickets are available to all other rail destinations in Great Britain. There are also arrangements for through tickets to other networks including, for example, the London Underground.
Road Traffic: Severn Bridge
Jessica Morden: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when his Department last assessed the traffic flows across the Severn crossings. [323583]
Chris Mole: The Highways Agency reviews traffic flow data on a monthly basis which is collected by Severn River Crossing plc, the operator for the crossings.
Jessica Morden: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what information his Department holds on the volume of traffic moving across the Severn crossings at different times of the day. [323584]
Chris Mole: The Highways Agency holds traffic data broken down into hourly, daily and monthly flows for westbound traffic on the Severn crossings.
Jessica Morden: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the average number of vehicles using the Severn crossings at each time of day; and if he will make a statement. [323585]
Chris Mole: Vehicle numbers are counted in the westbound direction as part of the toll collection, which is in that direction only. The average numbers of westbound vehicles using the Severn crossings during 2009 for each hour of the day are given in the following table:
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