Over the 2022/23 financial year, there were 236 suicides on the British rail network and 20 non-suicide fatalities. In the period of consideration, the financial year with the highest number of fatalities 2014/15, with a total of 286 suicide fatalities and 49 non-suicide fatalities.
Total number of railway fatalities including suicides in Great Britain (UK) from 2013/14 to 2022/23
Characteristic
Fatalities (excl. suicide)
Suicide fatalities
2022/23
20
236
2021/22
29
261
2020/21
23
253
2019/20
34
280
2018/19
44
268
2017/18
48
250
2016/17
36
240
2015/16
47
250
2014/15
49
286
2013/14
40
275
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