RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN DURING 1965

RAILWAY ACCIDENTS IN GREAT BRITAIN INCREASED BY 59 TO A TOTAL OF 1,268 IN 1965. THE GREATEST INCREASE WAS IN "OTHER CAUSE" ACCIDENTS. MALICIOUS ACTS BY THE PUBLIC INCREASED FROM 76 TO 111. TECHNICAL DEFECTS WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR 227 TRAIN ACCIDENTS COMPARED WITH 259 IN 1964. THERE WAS A 20 PERCENT INCREASE IN 1965 IN THE RATE PER MILLION TRAIN MILES OF SIGNIFICANT ACCIDENTS FOR PASSENGER AND FREIGHT TRAINS. MAXIMUM PERMITTED SPEED OF FREIGHT TRAINS WITH FOUR-WHEELED SHORT WHEELBASED WAGONS WAS REDUCED FROM 50 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. TOTAL FATALITIES WAS 162 COMPARED TO 167 IN 1964 OF THESE, 19 OCCURRED IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS COMPARED WITH 30 IN 1964. PASSENGER FATALITIES NUMBERED 28 OF WHICH 2 OCCURRED IN TRAIN ACCIDENTS. OVERALL FATALITY RATE WAS 1 IN 690 MILLION PASSENGER JOURNEYS. RAILWAY STAFF FATALITIES INCREASED BY 7 PERCENT. THE ACCIDENT RATE AT PUBLIC LEVEL CROSSINGS INCREASED OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS FROM 32 TO 47 ACCIDENTS PER 1000 CROSSINGS. DURING 1965, 41 PUBLIC CROSSINGS WERE EQUIPPED WITH AUTOMATIC HALF BARRIERS BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER SO EQUIPPED TO 56.

• Corporate Authors:

  Railway Gazette International /UK

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• Authors:
  • McMullen, D
• Publication Date: 1967-1-20

Media Info

• Pagination: 73 p.
• Serial:
  • Volume: 123

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Crash rates; Crashes; Fatalities; Railroad grade crossings; Railroad transportation; Speed; Vandalism
• Subject Areas: Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222147
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 3 1974 12:00AM